On March 7, 1987, the Beastie Boys' record-breaking debut album Licensed To Ill became the first-ever hip-hop album to chart ...

The hitmaker behind records like “Trap Queen,” “My Way,” and “679” is ready to remind the rap game that the Zoo is back and ...

Music technology is so advanced these days that you can listen to a rapper's music for years without ever having to buy a physical album. If there's an iPhone, Android or computer within reach, ...

Various Hip-Hop legends have contributed to The Bronx Soundwalk, an upcoming triple CD that takes listeners back to the birth place of Hip-Hop using music and interviews with legends of the Hip-Hop ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, the energetic duo Kid N Play released their sophomore album Funhouse, which now celebrates its 36th anniversary. Dropped on June 12, 1990 through Select Records, the ...

Thirty seven years later, Grip It! On That Other Level still stands as one of the most important releases in Southern Hip Hop ...

Doechii in Atlanta in November 2024 (photo: Paras Griffin / Getty Images). In March, C-list rapper-turned-podcaster Joe Budden declared that “the girl rapper wave is over,” predicting that the recent ...

Andre “Andre 3000″ Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, better known as the legendary hip-hop duo OutKast, now hold a new title: “best-selling rap album of all time.” Big Boi posted on Instagram that ...

The first Night Lights column of the new Weekender era features hip-hop CD releases, varied music for a good cause and roots music stars. Hit it. The first Night Lights column of the new Weekender era ...

BOSTON -- A slow, thumping bass fills the air and a sea of heads bob with the music as the featured hip-hop artist -- a middle-age man wearing glasses and a black suit -- unveils his latest rhymes.

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Not that long ago Jason Toney was the Editor of LAist and now he works for The Mouse in ...

Like grunge, hip-hop spent years on the sidelines. Here Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain names hia favourite LP from the genre's ...