Music

It’s time to pay hip-hop pioneers their ‘rap-arations’

Music, footwear and clothing have made billions on the culture

Little Brother brews a new future

In a new documentary, Phonte and Big Pooh peel back the layers of their career and how they confronted challenges

Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on cocaine charges in South Florida

How Beyoncé lifted me out of darkness

The Renaissance concert and film helped me grieve the loss of my mom

New rap canon: 25 albums that defined rap’s last 10 years

These landmark projects shaped hip-hop’s present and future

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs temporarily steps down as Revolt chairman amid sexual abuse allegations

George Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang, dead at 74

Cassie’s lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is the latest chapter in hip-hop’s uncomfortable history with #MeToo

Explosive lawsuit details years of alleged abuse by the Bad Boy Records founder

The enduring allure of Jay-Z’s ‘The Black Album’

One of Jay-Z’s most important projects turns 20