Rapsody is the third female rapper to win Best Melodic Rap Performance, following Lauryn Hill, who won the award in 1999 for ...

more artists have begun incorporating classic brass and string jazz elements into their music. But long before this resurgence, one of the earliest jazz-infused Hip-Hop albums, Reachin’ (A New ...

Released in partnership with Golden State Entertainment, For the Soil, powered by a starry group of local MCs, is one of the ...

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, better known by his stage name — Kendrick Lamar — is one of the most successful and influential hip-hop artists of the 21st century. Lamar, who's from Compton, California, ...

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The album was met with a positive reception from music critics. Jesus Price Supastar ... so well by an entirely different generation of Hip Hoppers than he was used to that celebrated his Helton ...

Despite experiencing grinding poverty and discrimination, it was Black and Latino youth – armed with turntables, drum machines and samplers – who made these groundbreaking advances in music. For ...

It’s remarkable that an artist whose work is so deeply political and who hasn’t chased pop stardom was picked to perform at ...

Diamond D dives into the origins of Hip-Hop while staying true to his Bronx roots with his latest album, Duo ... true to my roots is what keeps my music authentic.” With Duo, Diamond ...

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With Jermaine Dupri’s help, it wasn’t long before Kris Kross secured a deal with Ruffhouse Records and released their first album ... Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist” at the American Music ...