The Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On Octane, he taps his hometown's lineage and ...

In the ever-evolving world of urban music, where beats and samples reign supreme, Dutch record producer Era (real name Jamie ...

Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album for GNX at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, extending his remarkable Grammy dominance just one year after sweeping Music's Biggest Night with "Not Like Us." ...

LaMonte McLemore died Tuesday at 90 in Las Vegas after a stroke, leaving behind a legacy that shaped both soul music and Hip-Hop culture.

When most people think of samples in Hip-hop, they think of classic soul and funk records. A beautifully haunting vocal sample from a singer lost in the ...

So, one of rap’s great blog era-to now — the rarely explicitly explained, but understood as member of rap’s unofficial, but ...

Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' wins Grammy for record of the year.

Kendrick Lamar makes hip-hop history at the Grammy Awards, winning five awards and becoming the artist with the most Grammys ...

I happen to think the psychedelic, genre-defying Testing is a much better album than it often gets credit for being, but if ...

The album boasts beats crafted by some of the most influential producers in hip-hop history. DJ Premier, the soon-to-be Gang ...

They're all highly respected in the world of old-school rap. And they all hit the Top 40 just once in their careers.

This art director and designer began with metallic reliefs and ended up with a collage of the famous hip-hop group’s entire ...