Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Kendrick Lamar won Hip Hop Artist of the Year at the BET Hip Hop Awards. The rapper, 37, won a total of ...

Fat Joe returns to host the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards with Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake leading the ...

By Trevor Anderson Rising rapper Real Boston Richey completes a career milestone by earning his first top 10 on Billboard’s ...

The 2015 album “Days With Dr. Yen Lo” by Dr. Yen Lo — the duo of Ka and the producer Preservation — has thematic nods to “The ...

When hip-hop music was created in the late 1970s, one of the founding tenets was that sampled other genres to create something new. One of those staples was James Brown music. DJs would take the ...

Chuck D famously rapped “our freedom of speech is freedom or death” on Public Enemy’s 1989 single “Fight the Power,” one of ...

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from Cordae’s blazing new track to Elijah Blake and Sevyn Streeter’s smoldering ...

We talk with hip hop legend MC Lyte while she was in Houston about her iconic songs and new music for the next generation.

There's a song sweeping the hallways of Waco High School and now across the city. "Waco High What's Up" is a song created by Hip Hop Artist Quistar who said it's all about spreading a positive message ...

All eyes are on Fat Joe and for all the right reasons. The veteran MC is closing out the year hosting the BET Hip Hop Awards ...

The senior Sony Music Publishing A&R execs traces his life and career via seven tracks (and a couple of crafty hacks) ...