The 1997 Grammys honored many big names. These are three rap Grammy Award-winners from 1997 we still know by heart.

“HELLO AMERICA” blends patriotic imagery with personal ambition and a message of empowerment. Backed by 440 Artists, the rollout emphasizes artist ownership and creative control. CMRNPRKR uses lyrics ...

Hip Hop’s influence has stretched far beyond American borders for quite some time, but when it collided with Asian pop music, something truly global began to take shape. While K-pop and J-pop have ...

They're all highly respected in the world of old-school rap. And they all hit the Top 40 just once in their careers.

‘Chinatown’s Favorite’ is Khantrast’s first full-length album. The Brooklyn rapper will perform at San Francisco’s Brick and Mortar Music Hall on April 26. (Courtesy of New 11) But when a young ...

Lamar’s diss tracks extend the long-running view that Drake, a Jewish and Black Canadian, isn’t Black enough, writes the author a new book on Jewish performers and race. (JTA) — Breathless headlines ...

A Chinese-American rap star, Jin Au-Yeung, 22, became the first Asian to sign with a leading hip-hop label, Ruff Ryders, in 2002 and released his debut album, “The Rest Is History,” last fall. He ...

A decade later, Rihanna’s most unapologetic album still shapes music, fashion and culture. 15 hours ago A rap icon, Nicki Minaj changed everything for women in hip-hop. Born in Trinidad and Tobago and ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater is celebrating hip hop with a show featuring three decades of hip hop coming September 19. The show will include Baby Bash, Petey Pablo, Tone ...

“I’m not here looking for followers, I’m looking for new leaders,” conscious rapper Talib Kweli proclaimed in a freestyle as a capacity crowd crammed into Fubar, 3108 Locust St. in St. Louis, on the ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...