Though it was released in 1999, "Southside" was introduced to the world on YouTube in 2005.

Sampling has been part of the genre since the beginning. The rapper names the three songs that artists keep turning to.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop has long been a powerful force that influenced not just music, but also fashion, language, and lifestyle. This influence ...

Even though it began 50 years ago in the 1970s, hip-hop music experienced a golden age in the 1980s and 1990s. And if the many classic albums, performances, and artists weren’t enough, there are also ...

ATLANTA (AP) — LL Cool J wants to make old-school hip-hop music relevant for listeners today with a new Sirius channel. The two-time Grammy-winning rapper told The Associated Press that he will launch ...

The New Jersey trio of Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Prakazrel (Pras) Samuel Michel were nearly dropped from their record label following the modest sales of their debut album, Blunted On Reality.

Wild Style is arguably the very first movie and one of the very few that shows the true essence of what Hip Hop is about. When Hip-Hop was being passed off as a fad that wouldn’t last beyond “Rapper’s ...

From the fun to the sentimental, this week, the AFRO has compiled a list of classic hip-hop songs to fill the air with holiday cheer. While we love Mariah Carey, in the 50th year of hip-hop, the time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skits have been a distinctive addition to Hip Hop albums for some time, often serving as a humorous palette cleanser or the bridge ...

Hip-hop is no longer solely youth culture; it's just culture, with cross-generational scenes full of artists intent on capturing their era's zeitgeist. But Raekwon The Chef's latest solo album, The ...

“We’re gonna wake him up!” Brad “Scarface” Jordan declared on stage while performing the 1991 rap classic, “Mind Is Playing Tricks on Me,” during his March 12 performance at Atlanta’s Variety ...

Dax, a Nigerian-Canadian poet and rapper, calls from a phone number with a Wichita, Kansas, area code to speak with The Tennessean about his outsider-to-insider rise in country music's mainstream.