Hip-hop might have been birthed in the ‘80s; however it wasn't until the ‘90s when the genre started to take off. It was an era of legends like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, and more who ...

There was one in nearly every Bad Boy video from the mid-‘90s onward. Songs like Will ... who at first was regarded much the same as early hip-hop — a flash in the pan or a gimmick that ...

I'm grateful to have documented the emerging hip-hop culture in the '90s. I never thought it would ... Photos, like U-God washing dishes or early Wu-Tang stuff, just show that it was not always ...

Taking a brief look back at the genre, hip-hop was born from the competitive spirit of MCs going bar-for-bar at block parties ...

His early mixtapes and party tracks in the late ’80s and early ’90s helped shape the blueprint for Memphis Hip Hop, influencing legends like Three 6 Mafia and Project Pat. His legacy lies in ...

The closing track on Zooropa, “The Wanderer” was never released as a single and was inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The lyrics tell the narrative of a preacher ...

Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur talks about Angie Stone's profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture.

Released in the late 1980s, “Word to the Mother (Land)” arrived at a pivotal moment in hip-hop. The genre was evolving beyond ...

Irv Gotti, the hip hop producer and music executive who co ... Immersed in the rap scene, which by the early '90s was in the process of eclipsing Rock and Roll as the era-defining form of American ...