He seemed destined for a glittering career, working with the Fugees and solo, then landed in prison. After a presidential ...

Houston hip-hop icon DJ Michael “5000” Watts, founder of Swishahouse Records, has been hospitalized due to serious health issues.

The co-founder of Swishahouse helped kickstart the careers of rappers such as Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, Mike Jones and ...

Only a few Black artists have won Album of the Year at the Grammys. See the list and why these rare wins still spark ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Babyfxce E and Pimmie.

Veteran rapper and record producer Q-Tip presented the Dr Dre Global Impact Award to fellow artist Pharrell Williams at the ...

The hip-hop world is mourning the loss of Grammy-nominated artist, Tobias Adin Smith. According to an online obituary, Smith died at the age of 43 on January 19. He was known under the moniker Profit ...

The star earns his third leader on the chart.

More than two decades after the song changed hip-hop and neo-soul, renewed attention on Eve’s role in The Roots’ classic ...

The “Zoo King” is officially back. Marking his first major creative work since his recent release from prison, Fetty Wap has teamed up with rising creative visionary Unicorn 151 (formerly Killa Kherk ...

Williams got a big break in 1992, when he wrote a verse on the Wreckx-n-Effect’s hit “Rump Shaker.” Although they didn’t know ...

Yonny laughs when he admits he hadn’t been to he Crocodile, Neumos, or Barboza until after he’d already started performing. “I’ve lived here my whole life,” he says. “But I never really went to any ...