Before the rap world’s East Coast-West Coast rivalry hit the headlines in the ’90s, another war was brewing, silent but equally important. While it didn’t claim lives, the war ...

Any conversation regarding the historical context of rap music will almost certainly rely heavily on the near ritualistic practice of sampling, essentially using older songs as the basis as the basis ...

The dynamic duo that still has a spot on many hip-hop lovers’ Top Five list has a fascinating backstory that is just as much business as it is personal. If you listened to hip-hop in the late 1980s ...

It’s massively understating it to say that the 1980s were a wild, unpredictable time for music. Tastes were changing so rapidly that a song that might have worked one year could easily get lost in the ...

Iconic ‘80s Rap Legend Just Dropped the Sweetest Taylor Swift Story Ever originally appeared on Parade. Flava Flav just delivered the kind of unexpected crossover story that proves music truly has no ...