Clashes between “old heads” and the new generation reveal deeper questions about authenticity, legacy, and evolution — but ...

LL Cool J, a pioneering figure in hip-hop, is set to take viewers on a captivating journey through the genre’s roots with the new docuseries Hip Hop Was Born Here. This five-part series, co-created ...

College nights never sounded better. Discover the Hip Hop tracks that ruled university dorms, house parties, and clubs — and ...

Flavor Flav is taking a break from the chicken fingers and clocks to drop some real talk about hip-hop, activism, and the legacy he helped build. Born William Jonathan Drayton Jr., the "Flavor of Love ...

Aug. 11 is hip-hop's official birthday. On this day, 52 years ago, not only was a genre of music born, but a culture was birthed too. This culture would go on to create industries that made ...

Several MCs including 50 Cent, Missy Elliot and DMX went through some incredibly difficult times to achieve success. Everyone knows him as the biggest troll in hip-hop, but there haven’t been many ...

For decades, hip-hop artists have turned pain into poetry, struggle into style, and now, lyrics into liquidity. A new generation of rap moguls and artists are flipping the wealth script by investing ...

Exploring various examples of hip-hop's references to doo-wop, a genre that was highly influential on hip-hop in a number of ways.