Music

From ‘Sweet Sweetback’ to ‘September,’ they built a soundtrack for the black experience

Charismatic, defiant and independent, the U.S. women’s team is hip-hop

With ‘Old Town Road’ topping the charts, an author reflects on how old rockers and young rappers came together to make an earlier hit

Star of Netflix’s ‘Always Be My Maybe’ shouts-out the Bay Area rap scene

Tupac’s place in hip-hop history was never about being the best rapper. It was always about his artistry.

‘I was off the scene and now I’m all the way back on the scene’

Our ranking, inspired by all the great rap acts on the road this summer, is 100% correct

For the first time, we let the people decide

Like Madam C.J. Walker and John H. Johnson before him, Jay-Z’s rise to business mogul is testament to the power of the black dollar

Smith’s music career reveals an artist who believed in an Afrocentric American dream based on ambition, hustle and black pride