If there’s one thing music fans admire Kanye West for, it’s his dedication to his craft. The multi-hyphenate is known for his work ethic and the gold standard he sets for the projects he’s involved in ...

Despite The Notorious B.I.G. rapping “you never thought that hip-hop would take it his far” on his 1994 breakout single “Juicy,” even he might have been shocked to see just how far the genre has come ...

Everyone’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) just got its first-ever hip hop mixtape, featuring some of the biggest hits in hip hop from the early ’90s until today. The Hip Hop ...

Formed in Bergen County in 1990, Dog Eat Dog were one of many positive hardcore bands from the fertile New Jersey scene of the time. They managed to secure a deal with Roadrunner Records after an ...

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. Producers are just as (if not more) important than MCs on a track. As much as fans care ...

A Bronx native, Mickey Factz’s life revolves around the boom-bap beats of the revered hip-hop tradition. As a lyricist and ...

Prolific Hip Hop producer Statik Selektah is losing his mind over the growing support for "Sample Snitching" -- highlighting the source of obscure rap beats -- and is having a ...

Reporting from NEW YORK — Outside, the world is abuzz about Donald Trump’s presidency and the latest Kanye controversy. But inside this downtown New York building, the clock has been turned back to ...

Simultaneously smug and beleaguered, “All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America” raises the question: Who, exactly, is claiming it can? No one -- academic, artist or critic -- has made ...