Hip-Hop

Finally, Meek Mill confronts freedom as an artist and an activist

For the first time in his adult life, the rapper can look from the outside at the crippling criminal justice system

Wu-Tang is really forever

Through all the bickering, they will always be family

As the VMAs honor Missy Elliott, her triumphant return reminds us of who she is as an artist

From a pop-up museum to a new project to a Vanguard Award to the 18th anniversary of losing Aaliyah, this weekend is an emotional roller coaster

Happy birthday to Kurtis Blow, the original ‘King of Rap’

‘The Breaks,’ ‘Christmas Rappin,’’ ‘If I Ruled the World’ made him rap’s first major solo star

In 1989, The D.O.C. woke up hip-hop with ‘No One Can Do It Better’

This album and his later work set the stage for careers of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and others

World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe helps continue Nipsey Hussle’s marathon

Charismatic, defiant and independent, the U.S. women’s team is hip-hop

Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’ turns 33 this July 4. The changes it made are still reverberating through the music industry.

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

Randall Park on Asian Americans in hip-hop — and punching Keanu Reeves

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

2Pac’s birthday, GOATs and how we get hip-hop wrong

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