The Bay Area’s storied hip-hop legacy takes center stage next month with the debut of the SF Hip-Hop Festival 2025, a two-day celebration of music, technology and culture. Scheduled to take place at ...

Releasing his debut album Words from the Genius in 1991 via Cold Chillin’ Records, the GZA was the first Wu-Tang member to ...

Rocky's parents? Where are they originally from? And how did they shape their son's music career? Get to know the rapper's ...

Leonardo DiCaprio popped up on the Instagram page of a hip hop icon in a June 11, 2024 post. The “Titanic” actor spent time ...

Several of hip-hop's finest took the stage at the 2025 BET Awards, from Lil' Kim and Mariah Carey to Leon Thomas and Bow Wow.

Mariah Carey performed her new song, "Type Dangerous," and reveled in being named an icon. Meanwhile, Lil' Kim received mixed feedback on her set.

The Vision of Love singer Mariah Carey mesmerized the audience at the 2025 BET Awards night, which was held on June 9, 2025.

Rakim made history at Johns Hopkins University as the first rapper to receive the George Peabody Medal and deliver the 2025 Peabody Conservatory commencement address. Hip-Hop legend Rakim ...

It’s the day before Rakim Al-Jabbaar's seventh studio album ... in the ninth grade to go to my partner Jamar’s house to rap, we rode the DART bus to his house, not the school bus.” ...

But Rakim, believing anything was possible, tapped into his love of jazz to come up with a free-rhythm style that ignored bar lines and permanently expanded rap’s perceived boundaries.

The throwback rap legends Rakim, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick will kick it old school at Hard Rock Casino in Gary. Rakim, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick will bring their Rock the Mic tour to Hard ...