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A photo exhibition at City Hall celebrates an iconic 1998 photo taken by Gordon Parks in Harlem that featured 177 hip-hop artists.
THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY MAINSTREAM R&B/HIP-HOP RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE.
Complex’s third annual Hip-Hop Media Power Ranking features streamers like Kai Cenat, podcasters like Joe Budden, and radio figures like Angela Yee.
LL COOL J returns to NYC to explore hip-hop's roots in new docuseries Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's ...
THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.
"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" is premiering its 13th season. Here's everything you need to know to watch live, including with a free live stream if you're a cord cutter.
It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to buy a twenty sack. A chant: “I got five on it.” What happened next ...
How a Trap House Freestyle Became Hip-Hop’s Ultimate Weed Anthem Yukmouth, producer Tone Capone, and singer Michael Marshall break down the making of the Bay Area Classic ‘I Got 5 On It (feat.
Combs’ trial should prompt those of us who love hip-hop to call out and condemn its sometimes casual attitudes about the humiliation and abuse of women.
LL Cool J is keeping hip-hop's rich history and legacy alive with his new docuseries made in partnership with NFL champion Peyton Manning.
Discover the origins and impact of hip hop in the new Paramount+ docuseries 'Hip Hop Was Born Here,' hosted by LL Cool J.
Hip-hop pioneer DJ Tony Crush shares stories from the culture’s early days at the Visions of Truth conference. Dooley-O's Juneteenth mural. “ Shake, shake, shake!” echoed like a chorus of empowerment ...