Nas and DJ Premier announce their long-awaited collaborative album Light Years, arriving December 12 via Mass Appeal, marking ...

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Jimmy Cliff’s 1972 film The Harder They Come laid the groundwork for hip-hop culture, blending authentic street narratives ...

With 2016 coming to a close, XXL takes a look back at the year in hip-hop. This was a strong year for rap with a ton of great new records from a multitude of artists ranging from Drake to Kamaiyah.

Summer Walker's 'Finally Over It' is another triumph for the trilogy, at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums as 16 tracks reach the genre songs chart.

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

It’s just a fad. That’s what critics and musicians, Black and white alike, had to say about hip-hop and rap music in 1983. The history of recorded hip-hop and rap music began in 1979 with Fatback’s ...