These rap icons transformed more than just a genre; they shifted the direction of modern music itself. Their innovation and impact continue to shape the sound of today’s biggest artists. Few genres ...

Tonight, at a 40th anniversary screening of Beat Street at the Tribeca Film Festival, GRAMMY Award-winning rap icon Nas announced that he has joined the creative team adapting the groundbreaking 1984 ...

Due to high demand, five-time Grammy award–winning rap icon Lil Wayne extends his North American tour celebrating more than 20 years of Tha Carter album series into 2026.

Five-time GRAMMY award–winning rap icon Lil Wayne extended his North American tour celebrating more than 20 years of his groundbreaking Carter album series into 2026. Among his added stops: Reading, ...

HOUSTON — As we expand our sports coverage to the Olympics, two icons of rap and hip-hop have been focal points - Snoop Dogg and Flavor Flav. Snoop and Flav are giving the U.S. teams and media a dose ...

With his vibrant career in music and acting, the hip-hop star turns 54 today. Born on March 13, 1972, the Chicago native, whose real name is Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., was part of a rap trio called C.D.R ...

In 1979, at the age of 20, native New Yorker Kurtis Blow paved the way for hip-hop artists when he became the first rapper to sign with a major record label, Mercury Records, and soon achieved ...

BALTIMORE -- Legendary rap and hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco is joining the faculty as Johns Hopkins University as a visiting professor, the Chicago rapper announced Wednesday. Fiasco will join JHU’s ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that their next bobblehead giveaway will pay tribute to a civic icon. On July 19 against the Chicago White Sox, the Pirates will give out a bobblehead depicting ...

Lord Sear, the legendary hip-hop radio host, died Wednesday at 52. Sear, whose real name is Steve Watson, had been a DJ and radio personality on Shade 45, SiriusXM’s hip-hop station created by Eminem ...