As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. The ...

Fair or not, Houston has been, and likely for the foreseeable future will continue to be, seen from the outside as a caricature of itself. A hamfisted snapshot of its most commercially viable period, ...

Just so you know, that low, persistent rumbling you feel in your gut this Sunday afternoon will have nothing to do with the Whataburger you pounded down at 3 a.m. the night before. It’ll be the ...

Thought to be the underdogs in this matchup by a segment of fans, 8Ball & MJG quickly dispelled any notions of a rout taking place, as the Orange Mound-bred duo pulled out all of the stops, bringing ...

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August 7 has been a great day for album releases! Let’s revisit the soloists, duos and groups who have helped make today a fertile day in hip-hop history with debuts, comebacks and earthly farewells.

It’s going down this week. “I think it would be a good one, but I think you gotta understand…a lot of people tuned to Jeezy and Gucci Mane[’s Verzuz] for the wrong reasons,” he said. “It was a lot of ...

UGK rapper Pimp C was found dead this morning (Dec. 4) in his room at the Mondrian Hotel on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. He was 33. Police found the rapper, whose real name was Chad Butler, dead in his… ...

Despite flying solo for the majority of the night, Bun B proved to be a one-man army, commanding the crowd with a mix of solo cuts and he and Pimp C’s greatest hits. Running through his 2005 single ...