Hip-Hop

With ‘Old Town Road’ topping the charts, an author reflects on how old rockers and young rappers came together to make an earlier hit

Star of Netflix’s ‘Always Be My Maybe’ shouts-out the Bay Area rap scene

Tupac’s place in hip-hop history was never about being the best rapper. It was always about his artistry.

Our ranking, inspired by all the great rap acts on the road this summer, is 100% correct

Like Madam C.J. Walker and John H. Johnson before him, Jay-Z’s rise to business mogul is testament to the power of the black dollar

Smith’s music career reveals an artist who believed in an Afrocentric American dream based on ambition, hustle and black pride

‘Almost like church,’ the song is part history lesson, part manifesto

It’s a big summer for the ‘Big Ole Freak’ rapper, with her first album and a date with Cardi B

The success of the creative voice behind ‘Boyz n the Hood’ was a game changer in Hollywood

The artist’s intimate show calls for his most heartbreaking work