These are hardly the first songs to come under scrutiny. For more than a century, the evolution of popular music has delivered stark parallels to Western society's progression. Popular songs and ...

Sylvia Rhone is the first Black woman to lead a major label, becoming Chairman & CEO of Elektra Records. Although Elektra wasn’t a hip-hop label, many successful rap acts fell under her tutelage. She ...

“It was so synchronized,” Tauheed Epps, the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist and entrepreneur known as 2 Chainz, told an ...

Hip-hop fans know him from hits like "Shake Ya Ass". Now rapper Mystikal has pleaded guilty in court in a case involving ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But Rick Ross says this moment was inevitable — and believes Africa’s global ...

Before the boy band returns on Friday with “Arirang,” listen to key albums and solo releases by its seven members.

The New Orleans icon's tour celebrating 20 years of the "Carter" album franchise adds Frost Bank Center show in October. by ...

A stacked lineup of B2K, Bow Wow, Amerie and more served up the best of the era's soul, R&B and hip-hop hits on Saturday.

BDifferent says Atlanta’s next generation is built on mutual respect, but lyrical competition still brings out the best in serious artists.

Lord Sear, the DJ and hip-hop radio host who became a familiar voice to fans through his work on Shade 45, has died at the ...

Juvenile’s "BBB," featuring Genesisthegawd and Megan Thee Stallion, reenters the Rap Digital Song Sales chart at No. 2 and reaches a new peak on the ranking as it returns.

On this day in Hip Hop history, Queens rap legend Kool G Rap and DJ Polo released their debut album Road To The Riches, which now celebrates its 37th anniversary. Dropped in 1989 on the now legendary ...