November is Hip Hop History Month, a time for us to reflect on the pivotal moments that have shaped the Hip Hop genre and culture at large. One of those pivotal moments that will probably stand out ...

Ask 10 hip-hop fans of different ages what the greatest year in rap music was, and you’ll get 10 different answers. Music consumption is a deeply personal endeavor, shaped by individual taste and ...

You can often learn just as much—if not more—by examining the downtrodden periods of a genre as opposed to only looking at the highs. So, after we ranked the best years in rap history earlier this ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...

Though they might not always be as heralded, women have played crucial roles in some of the most impactful rap battles in history. Now, in a debut book from veteran culture writer Brooklyn White-Grier ...

Sacramento is rap king. Sac's rich 35-year rap history is admired far beyond our borders. With Mozzy's success and X-Raided's prison release, Sac rap is bigger than ever. Learn yo history with Ice-T, ...

Grant Kirkhope, composer of the DK Rap, wasn't aware it would be used in Donkey Kong Bananza. Yesterday, Nintendo detailed more on its forthcoming Switch 2 gorilla platformer and fans spotted the ...