Kehlani bags her first No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Folded” snags the summit on the list dated Nov.

Fresh off a Gold Signal Award for Best Music Podcast for his acclaimed series Hip Hop Can Save America!, decorated journalist and cultural strategist Manny Faces brings Hip Hop's transformative power ...

Turning “Many Men” into a fake Marvin Gaye track isn’t a tribute. It’s a reminder that too many people only hear rap when it ...

Legendary rapper MC Lyte recently blessed Hip-Hop Wired with an exclusive performance, spitting her iconic verse from Brandy’s 1994 hit ‘I Wanna Be Down.’ Lyte’s lyrics have always been sharp, and she ...

With more than 130,000 downloads, number five on our list of 10 Best Hip-Hop Remixes of 2015 is “Stand For” by Ty Dolla $ign. The song became a hit over night but ...

The infectious new single made its debut at No. 8 for the November 8 Hot 100 chart, ending the 2-week period where no Hip-Hop singles appeared on the Top 40, the first time since February 3, 1990.

A look at hip-hop’s transformative impact in honor of its 50th anniversary. Hip-hop was once narrowly thought of as a trend in music that would ultimately fizzle out. Now, at its 50th anniversary, hip ...

Allegedly, this song is the result of Ad-Rock cutting-and-pasting snippets of presidential rabble-rouser Ralph Nader’s speeches. (The learning comes from the insight “America is losing.”) Hillary, it ...

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Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

A diverse but younger-skewing crowd filled the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn with enthusiasm, dancing to hip hop and ...

Born in the state of Virginia, Big Pooh released Promise Land this year. The song went high up on the charts but the remix produced by Apollo Brown was even better ...