On this date, Hip Hop salutes one of its true cornerstones as James Todd Smith, known to the world as LL Cool J, celebrates ...

So he sat on his rhymes, and didn’t try again until he was released in early October, after serving his time for a gun charge ...

World Cafe correspondent John Morrison joins us to talk about why the East Coast rap group Main Source deserves a spot as one ...

Kendrick Lamar's award-season dominance continues with NAACP nominations, capping another monumental year for the rapper.

Roxanne Shanté is listening to her Juice Crew partner Masta Ace talk about RZA’s upcoming EP, Juice Crew, when she has an ...

Philadelphia’s own Tiffany Jarmon stepped into the booth and emerged as Charli Baltimore, a name inspired by “The Long Kiss ...

From the streets of Seoul to the summit of the global charts, this eight-member juggernaut has redefined what it means to be ...

Bad Bunny has taken care to make his most important messages clear through not only lyrics but also videos, album art, and ...

The president said he’s not considering clemency for the disgraced hip-hop mogul, who’s appealing both his conviction and ...

The Reckoning," an explosive Netflix docuseries, is affecting the public's opinion of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, convicted last year after a highly publicized trial.

Akademiks contrasted that approach with the independence he has on his own platform. Addressing criticism over his continued focus on rapper 6ix9ine, he defended the choice as personal rather than ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...