MASTA ACE Masta Ace has done it right. Just like shrimps in a fine restaurant, a little goes a long way. For fifteen years, the Masta has been grinding, yet 2004 delivered only Ace’s fifth released ...

The 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention in Newark, New Jersey will take place this summer with strong support from various members of the Hip-Hop community. In addition to Princeton professor ...

Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent’s cohort in the rap group G-Unit, topped the nation’s album sales chart for the week ended July 4, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. “Hunger for More,” Banks’ debut solo ...

Exactly 15 years after the Grammy Awards handed out their first trophy in a rap category, the genre and the appeal for it had grown exponentially. By the 2000s, hip-hop was the dominant global culture ...

It began when prisoners from urban jails were moved to new "supermax" facilities in rural Appalachia. The racial tension between white corrections officers and black inmates could be felt throughout ...

"World Hip Hop," the title of Sunday night's show at the Hollywood Bowl, was something of a misnomer. The acts that hewed closest to the titular style sounded very familiar, differing little, if at ...

What parts of contemporary culture have been most impacted by hip-hop, which this month celebrates its 50th anniversary and in 2017 surpassed rock as the most popular and widely consumed music in the ...

Vh1 Hip Hop Honors is an annual event that airs on VH1. The television special honors old school and golden age hip hop rappers and contributors. It features live performances by most of the honorees ...

2004. What a time to be alive. It was the year of flip phones, 4x throwback jerseys and tall white T-shirts in abundance. Hip-hop music-wise, the South was starting its cobra-clutch on the genre and ...