Hip-hop has always been loud on the surface. Heavy drums, bold hooks, statements that refuse to whisper. Yet beneath that ...

What are the best rap music videos of all time? It’s a big, daunting question to answer. After all, hip-hop has been around for over 50 years, and during that time, we’ve seen countless classic music ...

On Friday, March 6, visitors to Kalamazoo Central High School can attend the second annual Symphonic Beats concert featuring ...

Detroit 313 Selects Spotlights the City's Rising Music Economy in Austin SXSW is an opportunity to show the world that ...

A jazzy, acoustic take on hip-hop is coming to Table 33. Starting Thursday, March 5, K.Carter, Dre Manuel and Poppy will bring their Cocktail Hip-Hop residency to the restaurant. The performances will ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house ...

The musician’s 2017 breakthrough helped pave the way for other female rappers in a genre long dominated by men.

Genre labels are generally innocuous until a person sets out to reposition the signposts. Gene Simmons has come back to an old complaint concerning the “Rock & Roll” Hall of Fame: that the ...

Born in the Bronx during social and economic struggle, hip hop turned protest into creativity and grew into a worldwide ...

The hip-hop world was rocked this week by the news that Oliver “Power” Grant, a founding member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, has died. He was 52. According to reports, he died on Feb. 23. A cause of ...

The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

Rapper Chuck D, of Public Enemy fame, is one of several who agree that basketball greats and hip-hop excellence share a similar foundation.