While genres like J-Pop, city pop and hardcore punk get all the attention, Japanese rap is a hidden gem. It might be fast and ...

Our full list of picks for the best full-length hip-hop projects ever made is out now. Hip-Hop has spoiled us. In the 50 years since a group of kids decided ... off Black Music Month, we decided ...

When hip-hop music was first created in the parks of New York City in the late 1970s, the sounds were born from records and turntables. Using groundbreaking but also rudimentary equipment, DJs played ...

"That's a pretty big step for these kids," Cooper says. "And I think it really says something to them. We've got an album ...

while other songs only get heard on a random streaming shuffle or when a DJ plays them at a hip-hop-themed day party. From Camp Lo to Coolio, here's a list of oft-forgotten hip-hop gems of the ...

Explore how aging hip-hop legends like Rakim, LL Cool J, and André 3000 are redefining the genre, challenging stereotypes, ...

As Questlove, beatkeeper for the The Roots, explains in the book's foreword, imagery has long been integral to music ... “a cool concept,” Claiborne writes. "This photo is about hip-hop ...

It feels exhilarating and nerve-wracking at the same time,” Young MC tells Billboard upon his new track’s entrance to the ...

LL COOL J's fans are embracing his ... I would do shows in Maine and this would be the first time that hip-hop ever went to Maine. So, it'll be like 20 kids in a gymnasium with a few teachers ...

Hip-hop has ... and LL Cool J characterized the second wave of the genre. A rougher edge began to creep into beats coming out New York City in particular, with many of Run-DMC’s songs using ...

LL COOL J's fans are embracing his ... I would do shows in Maine and this would be the first time that hip-hop ever went to Maine. So, it'll be like 20 kids in a gymnasium with a few teachers ...