Despite The Notorious B.I.G. rapping “you never thought that hip-hop would take it his far” on his 1994 breakout single “Juicy,” even he might have been shocked to see just how far the genre has come ...

By the 1990s, hip-hop was clearly here to stay and was more than just a flash of youthful rebellion from the inner city. Part of this was due to the geographical and commercial growth of the genre’s ...

The '90s were hip-hop's golden age. The era gave rise to some of the most prolific MCs there have ever been, and their legacy lives on today in the incredible music they shared with us all. There are, ...

In a decade that saw the release of 22 Young Thug projects, the 28-year old rapper from Atlanta gave fans a massive quantity of music to choose from. Arguably his greatest artistic statement came in ...

Jazz and hip-hop share the same cultural lineage in the music culture. Jazz emerged out of many different types of black music such as slave songs, ragtime and the blues. And much like jazz, hip-hop - ...

The post 15 Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of All Time appeared first on Consequence. So much of hip-hop history was recorded on humble mixtapes, from early concerts captured on cassettes to the digital ...

While it reached it's "golden age" in the '80s, hip-hop peaked sonically and creatively in the '90s. The '90s also witnessed a lot of pioneering acts enter the scene—from Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg ...

The Roots’ Questlove explained why 90s Hip-Hop is so important to understanding Black music. Quest was featured on a recent episode of Pitchfork’s Over/Under series. While there were no controversial ...

Redman talks about how he thinks the '90s changed the rap game and how rappers from that era took hip hop to another level to pave the way for other cultures. The ’90s can be remembered for having ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The theme of ...

Philadelphia native CHRIS SCHWARTZ had all the ingredients to become successful in the music industry; an eye for talent, an ear for music, and a head for business. His record label, Ruffhouse records ...

T-shirts printed the gorgeous scowl of Tupac Shakur were ubiquitous when I was in middle school, but the only one I’ve ever wanted popped up about a decade and a half after his passing. It features a ...