It’s a little past 11 o’clock on Friday and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is pulsing with sound, lights and bodies. Polyester jellyfish and gigantic LED mushrooms hover above the crowd; the smell of ...

With Drake and Kendrick Lamar dropping new albums unannounced and rappers Tink and Action Bronson on the rise, 2015 is a promising year for hip-hop. Hip-hop remains a powerful force in the music ...

The past two decades of hip-hop music have been well-documented, thanks to social media and streaming platforms. Today, anyone with internet access can essentially tap into a database of their ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

RED LAKE, Minn. -- Hip-hop legend Chuck D once said "rap is CNN for black people," and local hip-hop artist Thomas X says he wants to be the "CNN for Native people" with his music. His given name is ...

The DJ and MC are certainly the dynamic duo of hip-hop music. One provides music, the other provides lyrics, and together they can rock a party and deliver a show that is the epitome of exhilaration.

Thanks to great new singles from Beyoncé and Drake, it’s become the summer of hip hop with house beats. Larger-than-life figures like those two have the power to dominate the conversation and steer ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Sir Mix-a-Lot released his third LP, Mack Daddy. This was the Seattle-born rapper’s most successful project, housing his timeless hit single, “Baby Got Back.” Although ...