Each maestro has left an indelible mark on hip-hop. Dr. Dre’s West Coast swag, Timbaland’s sonic experiments, Kanye’s artistic audacity, and DJ Premier’s gritty boom-bap—all contribute ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Lil Nas X and Playboi Carti.

Nigerian rapper, Otriexx is set to make waves in the hip-hop scene with his latest single titled ‘Fake Life’. The song which ...

The rapper had a child in 2022, dropped an album in 2024 and kicked off her first full-length tour while juggling a toddler, a new pregnancy and building a nonprofit.

One of the most revered producers of the '90s made a rare appearance at a San Francisco bar. Plus, a trip to Mare Island and ...

a polished and futuristic aesthetic that reintroduced hip-hop to its origins in R&B, funk, and dance music like disco. In this sense, Bad Boy put a twist on New York boom bap — the onomatopoetic ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, legendary producer and sound architect DJ Premier was born in 1966. Over the decades, Premier has cemented himself as one of the most influential producers in the genre ...

RVA Mag defined the sound as "jazzy, hard-hitting boom-bap reminiscent of hip-hop's golden era." Pitchfork called the 18-track album "a love letter—to each other, to Richmond, and to hip-hop." ...

Since its humble beginnings in New York in the 70s, hip-hop has evolved, mutated, and spawned many sub-genres spanning drill, trap, rage, experimental, psychedelic, jazz rap, boom bap, backpack ...