The Rock the Bells Festival, presented LL Cool J showcased some of the genre’s best from the 1980s and 1990s at Prudential Center in Newark.

"We’re helping hip-hop and classical music grow and expand beyond their boundaries," Cypress Hill's "Sen Dog" says.

It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to ...

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KOFA, a youth hip-hop collective based at Imagine Lincoln Public Charter School, will perform an end-of-year showcase on June 27 at the Suitland Creative Arts Center, highlighting a year of music, ...

James Brown’s influence on hip-hop is legendary. Explore 8 classic rap songs that sampled his grooves — and still sound fresh ...

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ALL MONTH LONG, WE’VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING AMERICAN MUSIC GENRES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH. IN THE LAST TWO ...

A pair of California rappers have been named to this year’s XXL Freshman Class. The hip-hop and rap-oriented outlet has been publishing their Freshman Class list – which honors 10 to 12 ...

The beat selection is very old-school hip-hop and boom-bap influenced, with classic samples and production contributed by DJ Premier, Statik Selektah, J Dilla and Kirk Knight.

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As a 12-year-old aspiring rapper, MaceyOMaze heard Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs "I Got To Have It." A decade later, the MC has gone from admirer to collaborator on a new LP.