Black On Both Sides' by Mos Def was the rare album that appealed to both casual rap listeners and seasoned fanatics.

But, it’s a challenge we relish. So, to round off Black Music Month, we decided to attempt the impossible and rank the 100 greatest rap albums of all time. Yep, of all time — and, yep ...

If there was one figure who had a similar impact for Hip-Hop, it is Tricia Rose, whose groundbreaking book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America which was published in 1994.

These videos also mirror a complex historical pattern of Black musical innovation being embraced and co-opted by mainstream ...

Some believe that the 1990s was the golden era of rap music. Though the genre was created in the late 1970s in the parks of New York City and later honed in the 1980s thanks to groups like Run-DMC and ...

Meeks and Frost directed the accompanying music video for ‘Black and British’, in which ... to perceive the record – especially younger rap fans. “The world is moving into a fast-paced ...