Nearly 40 years after he first got on the decks, Kiwi hip-hop pioneer DJ Manuel Bundy (aka Manuel Matisi ... "I heard the beat that [Zane Lowe] produced and I was like 'Man, this beat is dope' and ...

While the debate over the true origins of Southern Hip-Hop continues, there’s no denying Uncle Luke’s commercial impact during the 1980s. With 2 Live Crew, he dominated the Miami bass sound, achieving ...

From 50 Cent's survival after being shot to Cardi B's rise from stripper to superstar, these 10 hip hop artists overcame obstacles to achieve legendary status.

Angie Stone, the neo-soul and R&B singer and songwriter, died on Sunday, March 1, her representative shared via email. Stone died in a hospital after being involved in a car crash after a ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Gelo, and Gunna. Although Doechii’s re-released fan favorite, “Anxiety,” isn’t technically a new song ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

By Clay Risen Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo R&B star with hits like “No More Rain ...

With the loss of multi-talented instrumentalist Roy Ayers, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84, the hip-hop world is honoring ... “I LOVE YOU MAN IM SO HURT! THANK YOU FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER ...

By Angel Diaz J.B. Moore, a key contributor to some of hip-hop’s earliest hits, died in Manhattan on March 13 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Though not well-known today, Moore was instrumental ...

She sang in choir and wrote poetry in junior high school, which eventually turned into songs of her own; her music career began in earnest when she and Gwendolyn Chisolm and Cheryl Cook, two childhood ...

Need to catch up? Seasons 1 through 5 are on Paramount Plus. Check out more details on streaming service options for “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” below: Philo charges users $28 a month and offers ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...