BOSTON — Beats Rhymes and Life Boston held its annual showcase Tuesday night at Eliot Church in Roxbury. Beats Rhymes and ...

Atlanta's DJ Sense uses mainstream platforms like Hot 107.9 and SiriusXM to showcase positive hip-hop through his Chosen Journey brand.

Rodney Brown, drummer on 1967’s “Funky Broadway,” a Dyke & the Blazers classic and one of the first hit songs to use a ...

Dar es Salaam. In the bustling streets of Dar es Salaam during the early 1990s, a musical revolution was quietly brewing.Born from a melting pot of Western hip-hop, R&B, reggae, and traditional ...

Few artists in modern hip-hop have left a mark as strange and explosive as Young Thug—an undeniably intriguing musician.

DJ Mustard is a famous music producer, who has rose to prominence in the 2010s, making records for some of the biggest names ...

On this day in 1996, Nas dropped one of the most defining singles of his career — If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) ...

There’s a raw energy in the air—a palpable, jittery anticipation as the old guard of hip-hop ... beats that mimic the styles of legends—from the dusty soul of J Dilla’s off-kilter drum ...

The birth of the art form that became hip-hop ... drum and high hat-dominated track he just created. Shumpert-Reid, who uses the stage name Chill Shump, is an award-winning producer who has made ...

In the wake of the shooting, she endured public mockery and rejection from a male-dominated rap community, a drum beat that grew louder ... ‘00s when mainstream hip-hop reduced women to unnamed ...

To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...