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Hip-hop legend Nas is performing his iconic debut album Illmatic with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to a sold-out crowd at ...
Legendary rapper and actor LL COOL J hosts the new docuseries 'Hip Hop Was Born Here,' which he co-created with Peyton ...
Sampler, Mei Semones, Danny Tenaglia, Fridays on Front Street, "Les Blancs," more great things to do this weekend ...
From the East Coast to the Dirty South, regional hip-hop has shaped music, culture, and attitude across decades.
Despite a troubled past and Latino gang ties, the white rapper forged Antioch’s hip-hop identity and built a platform for local talent.
The East Coast-West Cost hip-hop war was one of the defining stories of hip-hop in the 90s.
It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to buy a twenty sack. A chant: “I got five on it.” What happened next was part ...
According to AllHipHop, four of the genre’s most revered pioneers—Rakim, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, and Kool G Rap—are said to be “getting finalized” in talks to form a supergroup and record a ...
The emergence of hip-hop out of the West Coast provoked a seismic shift within mainstream music as artist spoke about life in the streets of South Central Los Angeles.
Peyton Manning and LL Cool J have teamed on Hip Hop Was Born Here, a docuseries that explores the history of hip hop in New York City, for Paramount+.
DJ Screw Day honors the legacy of Houston's chopped-and-screwed pioneer, whose influence shaped the city's sound and inspired artists worldwide.