My love for hip-hop is a gift I got from my brother. She “scored one No. 1 hit on Billboard‘s Hot R&B Singles (now R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay) and Pop Airplay chart with “Killing Me Softly,” which won a ...

When you think about love in rap, Common's "The Light" is an essential example. From his album "Like Water for Chocolate", Common raps heartfelt lines of devotion over a mesmerizing J Dilla beat, ...

Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “ Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists ...

With the nation’s moviegoers and critics embracing Eminem’s performance in “8 Mile,” this should be a moment of supreme triumph for rap music. Thanks to the eloquent, liberating elements in director ...

*Hip hop and motivational rapper, Marcus “M-Positive” Parker, has become increasingly tired of seeing and hearing the negativity and depredation that emanate from so many hip hop/rap artists and their ...

A great beat is a game changer. Period. Let’s just keep it a buck: Beats and melodies have outweighed lyrics in the eyes of most for a while and with attention spans becoming shorter and shorter, it ...

Albany singer and hip-hop artist Aila Moses, who performs under the name Aila Chiar, signs off some of her Instagram posts by urging fans to “Don’t forget your affirmations.” I asked her about that ...

Sincere Jazmin was only 16 years old when he was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in Queens, N.Y. on March 26. The young man was an aspiring rap artist who went by the name, “Sdot Blokka.

Discover the essential music instruments for creating captivating Hip Hop beats. Explore drum machines, synthesizers, and samplers, and learn valuable tips for choosing the right instrument to achieve ...