Kool G Rap and Grand Puba were the honorees at the Paid in Full Foundation’s 2025 Hip Hop Grandmaster Awards celebration. The third annual fundraising gala on Saturday (Oct. 18) also included two ...

Hip-hop has evolved into one of the most powerful cultural engines in the world. What started as music now drives fashion, sneakers, video games, food, and even sweepstakes platforms. Hip-hop is no ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

For nearly 20 years, hip hop duo Black Violin has fused classical strings with modern beats, breaking barriers and building community along the way. Members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste first met in ...

Hip-Hop Wired is joining the fray, and we’ve compiled our top Hip-Hop releases of the year. 2025 was a strong year of releases, with acclaimed works from veterans such as Mobb Deep and De La Soul, ...

Joey Valence & Brae don’t care how old you are—they just want you to dance. “A lot of the songs on this new album are about Joey and me going out and being the only people dancing and having a good ...

Barack Obama’s 2025 playlist highlighted Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Gunna as key Hip-Hop voices shaping the sound of today and tomorrow. The former president’s annual music roundup once again leaned ...

Hip-hop pioneer Chuck D brings his powerful voice and message to Newark next month with a special spoken word performance as part of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s “Social Justice Through ...