With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from ...

As the art form celebrates its 50th anniversary, three artists who are among the most important figures in pop culture could receive key honors, showing the genre’s ubiquity, according to THR’s The ...

On this day in 2003, Brooklyn’s own Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter released what was intended to be his final album, The Black Album.

Veteran rapper Bun B took time to reflect on Jay-Z’s apparent usage of his lyrics for one of his hits and on their relationship in an interview. He continued plainly: And I think that’s what happens.

Explore the wildest Hip Hop Guinness World Records, from Eminem’s lyrical speed to Cardi B’s drone drop. See the full list now on REVOLT.

DJ Clark Kent, a hip-hop pioneer with production credits on hits for Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G. and Mariah Carey, has died at the age of 58. The musician, who has become a legendary figurehead in hip-hop ...

This past Saturday, Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., would have turned 50 years old. Among the many, many celebrations of the Brooklyn rapper’s life and legacy over the weekend was a ...

Learn about Jay-Z and his early rap influences. What can be said about the Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z? He is not just a businessman, but a “business” man. He began his career as a part-time partner of ...

JAY-Z is having himself one hell of a year because the accomplishments keep rolling in. The Grammy nominations were revealed on Tuesday (Nov.24). The living Hip-Hop legend from Brooklyn has become one ...

Jimmie Allen honored Jay-Z with a Hip-Hop-inspired country track while previewing his next tour and celebrating his musical roots. Jimmie Allen dropped two new tracks this week, merging country ...

On this day in hip hop history, Brooklyn’s own Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter dropped his highly anticipated sophomore album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 on Roc-A-Fella Records, a pivotal project that not only built ...

In the earliest stages of Jay-Z’s music career, he connected with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Simmons found his performance at a talent show impressive and requested that Jay-Z give him a call.