During that era, rap music gained more attention from mainstream ... Like any genre, some hip-hop songs are timeless hits, while other songs only get heard on a random streaming shuffle or when ...

This smooth, storytelling song from Warren G and Nate Dogg epitomizes the 1990s G-funk sound that emerged from West Coast ...

There are countless amazing songs that were released in ... world to G-funk — a subgenre of gangsta rap, which became very popular in the ‘90s — and solidified Dre's status as a hip-hop ...

If you were around in the 1990s, you’ve probably heard of Kris Kross, the pint-sized rap group that had everyone wearing their clothes backwards and moving to their mega hit “Jump.” With the help of ...

Hip-hop might have been birthed in the ‘80s; however it wasn't until the ‘90s when the genre started to take off. It was an era of legends like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, and more who ...

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 ...

Here’s a list of some of the best rap verses on pop songs. Justin Timberlake’s "My ... is a nostalgic throwback to the '90s, ...

I'm grateful to have documented the emerging hip-hop culture in the '90s. I never thought it would ... the-scenes moments as seen in her book, "Rap is Risen: New York Photographs 1988-2008." ...

Over a great selection of ’90s-style beats from Just ... runs in all of underground rap. As the title implies, Christianity largely informs these songs, from the gospel-infused backdrop to ...

Rap group Kris Kross ( aka Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith) appears in a portrait taken on February 24, ...