Aug. 11, 1973 is widely considered to be the day that hip-hop was born, when DJ Kool Herc brought out his "merry-go-round" style of record-spinning during a party at 1520 Sedgewick Ave., in the Bronx, ...

KRS-One has been at the helm of several of rap's most memorable beefs—some historic (The Bridge Wars) and some bizarre (the time he tried to have Nelly banned). But one of the most infamous KRS-One ...

Challenging authority and bucking the status quo has long been one of the more endearing and powerful qualities of hip-hop. Beginning in the early '80s where artists like Mellie Mel and his Furious 5 ...

Brian Dalyrimple, of '90s R&B group Soul For Real has been indicted in Georgia on 145 counts of aggravated identity fraud, according to reports. Dalyrimple, who has been running from Duluth police ...

There are few people who can claim to have birthed a genre. Teddy Riley, the man behind New Jack Swing, is one of them. The 49-year-old music producer is behind some of the biggest hits from the late ...

Throughout its history, hip-hop has provided the world with plenty of headlines. We're taking a look at the most important events in the genre's history that have taken place in each year since 1973.

Frank Ocean's Blond has been four years in the making, and boasts a lengthy list of high-profile collaborators, from Mike Dean to Jonny Greenwood; but the project feels so fully-realized, ambitious ...

Think Kanye West's recent engagement and wedding to reality star Kim Kardashian ignited a crazy media spectacle? Imagine if he had done what music legend Sly Stone did on June 5, 1974 -- gotten ...

That was Just-Ice in 2016, recalling one of the more tragic moments in his life and career. The hip-hop vet was being interviewed by WHO?MAG TV Hip Hop Talk--discussing the 1987 murder of Scott "La ...

UPDATE:After news surfaced that singer Alori Joh died in February, reports show that she leapt from a radio tower in Compton, Calif., and fell to her death on Feb. 6. A coroner confirmed Joh's death, ...

New Edition has quite a legacy. The six-man R&B group has amassed a serious discography of hits. From their early days as an 80s bubblegum teen act through their evolution into polished 90s R&B ...

Remember about 14 years ago when Making The Band was a thing for pretty much every network attempting to draw in viewership? Well, one of those shows, BET's Blowin' Up Fatty Koo recently resurfaced ...