You can often learn just as much—if not more—by examining the downtrodden periods of a genre as opposed to only looking at the highs. So, after we ranked the best years in rap history earlier this ...

From Brooklyn street tales to immortal verses, The Notorious B.I.G.’s legacy still echoes through hip-hop every May 21, when ...

Kendrick and Drake’s recent beef is merely one in a fabled line of feuds that have shaped the history of hip-hop as we know it. Whether revolutionary, zeitgeist-defining or just plain silly, rap beef ...

For the first two decades of rap history, the focal points were New York and Los Angeles. When Atlanta’s OutKast won best new artist at the 1995 Source Awards, they were audibly booed. Atlanta’s ...

August 11 will officially commemorate the 50-year anniversary of hip-hop. But, while this specific date is in remembrance of when DJ Kool Herc hosted his “Back To School Jam” in the South Bronx in ...

From the slums of Shaolin, Wu-Tang Clan strikes again! You can still catch “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” released on Hulu. The television series was created by The RZA, the brains of the Wu-Tang Clan, ...

The art of the comeback isn’t easy at all. It’s not guaranteed for any artist, let alone in hip-hop, a genre that isn’t always receptive to older, aging rappers. With age in rap comes a complex and ...

Explore the rich history of battle rap and the birth of the Ultimate Rap League (URL). Explore the rich history of battle rap and the birth of the Ultimate Rap League (URL). Smack White, the founder ...