Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay ...

Ozzy Osbourne and his band, Black Sabbath, transformed music in more ways than one.

Hundreds of hip-hop songs deserve recognition for their meaning and their beats. But for now, in random order, are 50 essential hip-hop tracks to celebrate five decades of groundbreaking music.

In 1995, the Detroit Free Press photographed the Hip Hop Shop, where local rappers cut their teeth before fame. Here are some never-before-seen shots.

HotNewHipHop closes February with top hip-hop releases, highlighting innovation, diversity, and the genre’s evolution.

Few songs have ever arrived like a breath of fresh air in hip hop in the way that “Passin’ Me By” did. The Pharcyde was a West Coast hip hop group that arrived during the peak of gangsta rap.

As music critic Nelson George wrote, the song was a springboard, "heralding the 808 as the foundation of hip-hop's future and Run-D.M.C. as the genre's new kings." ...

When it comes to power and shaping the culture, the divide in hip-hop media has never been more chaotic.

Mixing hip-hop and house music, lifting liberally from James Brown background singer Lyn Collins’ 1971 song “Think About It,” Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s 1988 smash was also an ode to ...

Maan meri jaan’ fame singer-songwriter and rapper King speaks about his latest EP Shayad Koi Na Sune, not making music for ...