I was the perfect age when hip-hop and rap started to get big — a young early-‘80s teenager who was way into punk rock and ...

The Seattle hip-hop community lost one of its most influential early ambassadors last week: “Nasty” Nes Rodriguez died ...

We’re marking Black History Month by looking at the impact of Black artists on popular music over four decades. As we rewind ...

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past.

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Yao was an 8-time All-Star in his eight seasons in the NBA, thanks in part to his legions of fans in China that vaulted him to the top of fan voting each year, but was also a 5-time All-NBA center, as ...

T he 2000s were an iconic time for every facet of entertainment. The music of that period was specifically vibrant, embodying ...

On Feb. 5, 2025, Hip-Hop lost a legend. Irv Gotti ... he was the mastermind behind some of the biggest hits of the early 2000s. He helped launch the careers of Ashanti, Ja Rule, and more, with ...

Legendary music producer Irv Gotti, who helped shape the sound of early 2000s rap and R&B, died at the age of 54 (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Hip-hop just lost one of its most ...

Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...

It has all the elements of a fun 2000s indie rock song ... “Underground” hip-hop had a big moment in the ‘00s, and MF Doom is largely responsible for that. Over his lifetime he released ...