No shortcuts, no gimmicks. Just a rising star from PG County, Md. is ready to make his story known globally. 2 minutes ago In 2001, Just Blaze, the producer of “Song Cry,” made a soul sample. In 2020, ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

The decade of the 2000s was an incredibly important one for rap music. In these 10 years, hip-hop legends either launched their careers with iconic debuts, or continued their already-dominant runs ...

Since hip-hop's inception, the genre has exponentially grown with every single decade, and the 2000s era was no different. Hip-hop saw even more commercial success than before; it succeeded in ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Thursday, on the seventh season premiere of “The Shop,” the interview ...

The First Lady of Ruff Ryders sits down with Trevor Noah. There will likely always be some level of a generational divide in Hip Hop. Twenty years from now, young rap fans will declare their favorite ...

The year 2000 marked a pivotal moment for Hip Hop. As the new millennium ushered in a wave of technological advances and cultural shifts, the genre continued to evolve, blending timeless storytelling ...

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Nearly a quarter-century after it reached top-ten status on Billboard's Hot 100 charts, Queens, NY-born rapper Ja Rule still performs his 2000-released single "Put It On Me" as if he's suplexing it -- ...

As the legendary DJ Premiere once said, “Hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different. And to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.” Rap music ...

Let’s give props where props are due. The mighty Prince Paul deserves praise for his role in elevating and popularizing the hip-hop album skit in with his work on De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising ...