Hip-Hop

The show opening in Los Angeles is about more than the music

Best known for ‘Juicy Fruit,’ the Grammy winner was respected across the musical spectrum

From Future to Eminem to Missy Elliott to Lil Wayne, a look at how these dream battles would play out

The Yonkers OG and Lox veteran and his year to remember

Interviews, performances, earworms, songs to get on it — here’s how we’ll remember the past year

The California native delivered a brutally honest masterpiece

Their album eludes the nostalgia trap

The rapper’s lyrical ability mirrors that of a literary memoir, further proving the beauty of rap

From Mike Tyson and Tupac to Zab Judah and Lil’ Kim, new book examines the connections between musicians and the fight game

Were hip-hop lyrics influenced by Johnson, Eazy-E’s death and the arrival of the lifesaving drug cocktail?