He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into ...

Moore was a key figure in the then-burgeoning rap genre, writing and producing hits like "The Breaks" and "Christmas Rappin'" ...

One of the most revered producers of the '90s made a rare appearance at a San Francisco bar. Plus, a trip to Mare Island and ...

The album’s title track, “Poison”, became an instant classic, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and dominating clubs ...

The Miami-Dade County Commission is renaming some streets in Liberty City to acknowledge hip-hop artists from the area.

On this day in 2006, Lumumba Carson, better known as Professor X of X-Clan, passed away at 49 years old due to complications ...

The historic Igbo resistance at Ebo Landing will be honored with a multidisciplinary show at Brunswick, Georgia's Ritz ...

Mase announces triple album release on May 5 coinciding with Diddy's trial, collaborating with Cam'ron in what appears to be ...

To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, we're pinpointing distinct moments of every year from the past 100 years, a ...

Moxy Approved explores how Kendrick Lamar's GNX exposes Snoop Dogg's history of fence sitting in hip-hop and his shifting ...

Rolling Loud California 2025 wasted no time making history. As the festival’s first ... Mexican artist to ever headline the global hip-hop-centric festival. With the weight of an entire genre ...