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This year, rap videos generated memes, told stories and delivered important social messages. Here are the 20 Best Hip-Hop Videos of 2015.
Michael Jackson's sister Rebbie Jackson is mourning the passing of her husband, Nathaniel Brown. After fighting a long battle with cancer, Brown died on Sunday, Jan. 6. He leaves behind not only ...
While it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when it was that Southern Hip-Hop seeped into the collective consciousness of the rap industry and asserted its dominance, only one crew can lay claim to ...
The Boombox takes you on a trip back to the '90s and the artists who helped laid the foundation for Cash Money's present-day success.
From 50 Cent to Ice Cube and more, here are 12 Notable Rap Lyrics Aimed at Politicians.
We look at some of the most important firsts in hip-hop, from its origins to the present day.
20 years later, we take a look back at 2Pac's scathing diss song, 'Hit 'Em Up.' ...
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 ...
From Pon de Replay to Work, we're digging deep into the Barbados superstar's discography to rank all the times she nailed reggae music.
But even if 'Juice' remains my personal all-time favorite hip-hop movie soundtrack, quantifying the merits of these releases makes ranking them virtually impossible. Consequently, we’ve made a ...
But why? Why wasn't Ralph Tresvant bigger as a solo artist? One common bit of contemporary R&B revisionism is the suggestion that Ralph Tresvant wasn't successful at all or was merely a one-hit ...
Fetty Wap, Future, Wiz Khalifa, Drake, Kanye West and others delivered chart-topping tracks in 2015. Here are the 20 best songs that defined rap music this year.