As pioneers of hip-hop, Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Spinderella rewrote the rules and boldly claimed space in a genre that forever changed because of their voices, style, and undeniable ...

The Biloxi rapper first got slammed by a judge for her TikTok video simulating tampering with her ankle monitor.

South Padre Island may be thousands of miles away from the Jersey Shore, but DJ Pauly D is getting ready to attend the ...

Bad Bunny and Kid Rock had dueling halftime shows, and after writing about them, my inbox was flooded with angry messages ...

The KISS frontman slammed the institution for including rap and hip-hop artists: "I don't come from the ghetto, it doesn't speak my language." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Gene Simmons says ...

Hip hop has been the soundtrack of my life. When I close my eyes, I can still feel the walk to elementary school—morning light low and pale, sneakers darkening with dew—and hear myself half-whispering ...

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Album for GNX at the 2026 Grammys. The rapper scored the trophy ahead of competitors Clipse (Let God Sort Em Out), GloRilla (Glorious), JID (God Does Like Ugly), and ...

February begins with snow on the ground in some parts of the world and a Snow Moon illuminating the night sky. On Sunday, Feb. 1, February's full moon, also known as the Snow Moon, will reach its peak ...

John Forté, a Grammy-nominated rapper who rose to fame in the 1990s, has died. He was 50. Forté was found dead on Monday in his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, per USA Today. The outlet reported that ...

In case anyone still doubted that hip-hop is one of cannabis’ most powerful cultural platforms, a new academic study has finally put hard numbers behind what the culture has been saying for decades.

Hip-hop has been super volatile over the last couple of years. Given all the questions swirling around the genre during its 50th decade—who are the new stars? Where are the hit records? Is hip-hop on ...

ICE nabbed 118 illegal immigrants in a series of sweeps targeting central California — with the “worst of the worst” crew including convicted pervs with disturbing rap sheets, federal officials said.