Ah, 2019. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and everything in between. Some terrible things happened this year as well. The murder of Nipsey Hussle sent a long-lasting shockwave ...

From detailed analyses of the Wu-Tang Clan's legacy to memoirs from legendary MCs, 2019 was a great year for books centered around hip-hop. Here are 15 great hip-hop books published this year. In the ...

After a decade and a half of unscripted drama, the Love & Hip Hop franchise is winding down this year. On Friday, VH1 ...

There’s quite a bit of hip-hop cooking in the kitchen for 2020, in terms of scheduled and rumored releases. Full-length projects are expected from the holy trinity of contemporary rap greats—Drake, J.

The 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards aired Tuesday night, and it was a good one for J. Cole. The 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards aired Tuesday night, and it was a good one for J. Cole. The rapper won three trophies: ...

Nowadays, music is all about the big collab; the bigger and more relevant to the cause, the better. The formula seems to be getting as many noteworthy features on a project as possible, with name ...

It’s been another huge year for hip hop – coming out of 2018 as the No. 1 most streamed genre of music, we can only imagine the growth 2019 has brought. Thousands of new acts are emerging from ...

Many have viewed 2019 as a slow year for hip-hop because a lot of the genre’s biggest, most trusted heavy-hitters didn’t release albums—or at least not good ones (looking at you, Kanye and Chance The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore and explain the narrative craft that makes successful movies and albums resonate. Also a Kanye West expert. He says the ...

What we learned while diving deep into the wild world of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop” is that the lines between reality and heightened fantasy are blurry. The show is powered by the very real drama existing ...

A dozen production crew members are crowded into a narrow corridor at SIR Rehearsal Studios in Hollywood when “Love & Hip Hop” star Ray J and his wife and costar Princess Love Norwood arrive with ...