Lauryn Hill may have won the hearts of millions when she released The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill back in 1998. But Robert Glasper claims the singer wasn’t the gifted mastermind the music industry ...

No era in hip-hop is more mythologized these days than the 1990s. And no regional sound from "way back when" has become more hyped than the "boom bap" of the East Coast during that period. But 90s ...

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.

Chris Brown is one of the most beloved and controversial singers of our time. He's proved that he's a remarkable force in R&B ever since the release of his self-titled debut album in 2005. Like his ...

The past year has been an incredible 12 months for hip-hop. The entire year has been bursting with quality tracks, mixtapes and albums. It seems almost all of the big names dropped at least something, ...

In the pantheon of music, there are a select list of albums that have had the type of cultural impact that constitutes them as being hailed among the most important and groundbreaking bodies of work.

Four years before the release of her sophomore album, Never Say Never, the music industry was officially introduced to songbird Brandy Norwood with her debut album Brandy. So many wanted to know more ...

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 ...

Def Comedy Jam’s return is occurring at a time when Black entertainment is booming—echoing the show’s arrival in 1992 as an R-rated beacon for grown folks’ comedy tuned to the hip-hop generation. Just ...

A Tribe Called Quest had opened the 1990s as the latest emerging stars of the famed Native Tongues; an artsy collective of left-of-center rap acts that had risen out of New York City in the late 1980s ...

The music world was shocked on Oct. 18, 1974 when Al Green was doused with a boiling pot of grits by girlfriend Mary Woodson. Green was about to shower at his Memphis home when Woodson scalded him, ...

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 ...