The 90s brought some of rap's most unforgettable hits. These 20 songs shaped the genre and still take us back to the best moments of the decade. Classic beats and standout lyrics make these tracks ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly and Chris 'Daddy Mac' Smith were just 13 when they were catapulted to superstardom as hip-hop duo Kriss Kross ... in a beef with fellow rap groups Da Youngstas and Illegal ...

Atmosphere’s rapper Slug didn’t harbor any aspirations that he and producer Ant would have a long career when they started ...

For the better part of an hour, 2 Low, born Cedric White, discussed his career, including the '93 release of his first album, ...

Los Angeles has always been more than just palm trees and Hollywood glitz — it’s the heartbeat of West Coast Hip Hop. The ...

A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested in becoming stars and more in becoming myths — and dismantling the ...