My book, Being Dope: Hip Hop & Theory through Mixtape Memoir, published in December 2025 by Oxford University Press, details ...

With production handled entirely by Premier and lyrics driven by Guru, Step Into The Arena helped solidify the raw, ...

Today, the GRAMMY Museum announced the upcoming launch of Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit, which is set for October 7. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking genre, this ...

A couple years ago, the Kennedy Center (before the name change and subsequent performance cancellations) put a spotlight on ...

Karl Jordan Jr. faced a federal appeal after a judge overturned his Jam Master Jay murder conviction, keeping the decades-old Hip-Hop killing case alive.

All-time greats Nas (working with producer extraordinaire DJ Premier) and De La Soul dropped lively, sonically eclectic albums that stood out in 2025.

Since hip-hop's inception, the genre has exponentially grown with every single decade, and the 2000s era was no different. Hip-hop saw even more commercial success than before; it succeeded in ...

Despite online rumors, rapper Pooh Shiesty has not been arrested or sent back to the police. This comes after Shiesty was ...

It seems that almost everyone in Hollywood has a wild “Diddy Party” tale, but Cam’Ron may have taken the cake. “We was meeting up with Puff because Puff wanted to sign our other show, It Is What It Is ...

Introduction / by DJ Kool Herc -- Prelude -- Necropolis : the Bronx and the politics of abandonment -- Sipple out deh : Jamaica's roots generation and the cultural turn -- Blood and fire, with ...

DDG is facing a lawsuit alleging that he underpaid the producers of "Pink Dreads" and that he sparked online threats.