Today in hip-hop history we celebrate over 25 years of laughter with the debut of the hit show Martin. One of Bad Boy Records' leading men celebrates a birthday and more. Yolanda currently hosts "The ...

If all athletes want to be rappers, then all rappers wanted to be actors. And why not? Hip-hop at it's purest is about performance art, connecting to your audience an pushing them to feel new things, ...

KRS-One has been at the helm of several of rap's most memorable beefs—some historic (The Bridge Wars) and some bizarre (the time he tried to have Nelly banned). But one of the most infamous KRS-One ...

While most hip-hop fans knew Busta Rhymes as the breakout star from Leaders of the New School, and from his classic debut solo single “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check,” it was the music video for “Put ...

Lauryn Hill may have won the hearts of millions when she released The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill back in 1998. But Robert Glasper claims the singer wasn’t the gifted mastermind the music industry ...

Remember about 14 years ago when Making The Band was a thing for pretty much every network attempting to draw in viewership? Well, one of those shows, BET's Blowin' Up Fatty Koo recently resurfaced ...

Back in January, West Coast rapper Lady of Rage took to Instagram to post about an undiagnosed illness that forced her to put a pause on her career. On August 8, the Virginia-born emcee Robin Yvette ...

Aug. 11, 1973 is widely considered to be the day that hip-hop was born, when DJ Kool Herc brought out his "merry-go-round" style of record-spinning during a party at 1520 Sedgewick Ave., in the Bronx, ...

The ‘90s wasn’t just the golden age of hip-hop, it was also an era when R&B singers took the term 'rock star' to new heights. Bubble-gum pop (think New Edition), was up against sexed-up ballads sung ...

One of hip-hop's most random rap beefs has to be KRS-One vs. Nelly. Their back-and-forth in 2002 made for one of the most bizarre and corniest beefs ever. In 2002, Nelly was one of hip-hop's biggest ...

Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty) has been hella busy taking the beauty and fashion industries by storm with the launches of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty, leaving her navy of fans to wonder if she ...

If aliens landed on earth on a quest to study hip-hop, they would probably believe there are only three female MCs: Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Remy Ma (depending on which week they landed). If they ...