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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“What I’ve noticed is I’ve been on a run of making super hip-hop music and that sh*t doesn’t pay the bills,” he said. “It’s because I made all my money before doing pop and turn-up ...

Hip-hop is a multi-billion-dollar industry and the world’s most popular music genre. Originating in the South Bronx in the 1970s by African American and Latino communities in response to ...