The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Cardi B, Chika, Lil Baby, and more. New releases this week came from Gunna (“F*kumean“), Flo Milli (“Flo The Whistle“), and more, but […]
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Big Pokey’s funeral attended by Houston hip-hop community
Members of the Houston hip-hop community said their goodbyes and celebrated the life of local hero Big Pokey at a memorial service over the weekend. The funeral took place Saturday at Fountain Praise church in […]
Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, and more. It’s an odd week; as the unofficial “true” beginning of summer, it’s the perfect time to […]
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Coi Leray, Juice WRLD, Young Thug and more. Happy XXL Freshman week! The 2023 edition of the much-discussed annual list is out, and […]
Dr. Dre to receive first Hip-Hop Icon Award at ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards – Music News
Dr. Dre is set to be bestowed with the first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award at the ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards’ Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop. The 58-year-old music and tech mogul will be […]
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doja Cat, Killer Mike, Wiz Khalifa and more. This week, the new releases are flying fast and furious as Gunna makes his heavily […]
Hip-hop veterans to headline Hip Hop 50 concert in New York
Hip-hop legends including Run-DMC and the originator DJ Kool Herc will headline the Hip Hop 50 Live anniversary celebration in New York. The concert extravaganza will be Aug. 11, celebrating the date in 1973 when […]
The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2023 So Far
After 2022 brought new releases from huge names like Drake and Kendrick Lamar and massive breakouts for the likes of JID, Latto, and Mavi, 2023 has been decidedly more low-key through its first six months. […]
‘Hip-Hop 50 Live’ At Yankee Stadium Has An All-Star Lineup
This August, Yankee Stadium will host Hip-Hop 50 Live, a star-studded concert paying homage to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. To call the lineup “star-studded” would be doing it an injustice; it’s fair to say […]
Canadian Music Week Celebrates 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Photo Credit: Canadian Music Week Canadian Music Week is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with exclusive events throughout the conference. CMW is happening June 5-10—here’s a peek at what’s on deck. The following was created […]
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Cardi B, Metro Boomin, Moneybagg Yo, and more. New releases this week came from Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (“The Hillbillies“), Gunna (“Bread […]
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Lil Durk, Russ, and more. The talk of this week might have been Janelle Monae’s racy pre-album release antics, but hip-hop […]
Rapper and TV host Dee Barnes looks back on 50 years of hip-hop
NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Dee Barnes, who chronicled the rise of hip-hop in the 1990s on the influential TV show Pump It Up! Share This Article
Jalen Rose talks hip-hop with Naughty by Nature rappers
As hip-hop turns 50 and we pull back the lens to see its full story, we can appreciate the rappers who truly changed the game from an artistic and business perspective. That list wouldn’t be […]
9 Of Our Favourite Sporting References In Australian Hip-Hop
Sport and music go hand in hand. From the unforgettable soundtracks of FIFA and NBA 2K games, to going to a live sporting event and hearing the DJ play songs that evoke a sense of […]
KRS-One Moves Into 1520 Sedgwick to Celebrate 50 Years of Hip-Hop
KRS-One is moving to the birthplace of hip-hop to celebrate the genre’s 50th anniversary this year. According to a press release, the legendary hip-hop pioneer is launching Birthplaceofhiphop.nyc, a new initiative where the Boogie Down […]
Swizz Beatz And Mass Appeal Team Up For The ‘Hip-Hop 50, Vol. 2’ EP
Getty Image Mass Appeal’s Hip-Hop 50 celebration continues with a new EP, this one produced and curated by Swizz Beatz. The Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack series kicked off last year with DJ Premier‘s Hip-Hop […]
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Black Thought, Ice Spice, and more. Rap royals Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj teamed up this week, producing a pugnacious remix to Ice’s […]
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Drake, Rae Sremmurd, and more. Better late than never; last Friday’s column landed on a Wednesday due to holidays and other work that […]
Brandon Deener: the hip-hop producer turned Afrofuturist artist | Art
Brandon Deener, former producer for hip-hop and R&B royalty such as Timbaland, Missy Elliot and Lil Wayne, wears the multi-hyphenate badge well. He’s now known more as a visual artist and musician among other titles, […]