Last week, as Philadelphia’s, native son Lil Uzi Vert neared the end of his set at Roots Picnic, the music died out, and Uzi surveyed the crowd like a wrestler at the top of a turnbuckle, preparing ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

Robert Ginyard, the Harlem-born rapper who performed as Rob Base and created one of hip-hop’s most enduring anthems, died Friday at age 59 after battling cancer, PEOPLE reports. Ginyard died ...

“The Message” is often credited with stretching what hip-hop could be — not just party music but also social commentary. Big Daddy Kane, Daddy-O of Stetsasonic and longtime hip-hop promoter Charlie ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) LL Cool J’s name has long been synonymous with hip hop’s evolution, versatility, and resilience. From the moment he burst onto the scene in the mid-1980s, his commanding voice, ...