February 5, 2025 • Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar ... we're digging into the history of hip hop and how it's been co-opted.

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Gotti remains an inspiration to generations of hip-hop artists, including Amadeus, a multi-platinum producer and musician. "When you make and create timeless music and music that's from your heart ...

What’s most beautiful about allyship is that it can be found in the most unusual of places, sometimes where we might least expect it. While hip hop hasn’t been the most queer-friendly space ...

Since formally recognizing the genre, the Recording Academy has contributed to a few rap upsets over the years, from Macklemore’s infamous 2014 Best Rap Album win over hip-hop greats (Jay-Z, Kanye ...

Famed music executive Irv Gotti, founder of hip-hop label Murder Inc. which produced superstars including Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died at the age of 54, according to the record’s distributor ...

Drake and Kendrick Lamar's explosive feud has captivated the hip-hop world — but as Drake notes in his diss track "Push Ups," the two have an even more tangled, contentious history than meets ...

Kendrick Lamar made history by headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a stunning performance alongside Serena ...

and helped shape the sound of hip-hop and R&B in the late 1990s and early 2000s when he shepherded the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, died on Wednesday at 54. Here is a brief look at how the rap ...

LOS ANGELES -- A$AP Rocky 's lawyers will make their case and try to establish a counternarrative Friday at his trial in Los Angeles, where the hip-hop star and ...

Kendrick Lamar brought his famous feud with Drake all the way to the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, where he performed his controversial Drake diss track “Not Like Us.” Lamar's Feb. 9 ...