It’s only fitting that in 2026, the world of hip-hop can still be shaken with one movement from Shawn “JAŸ-Z” Carter, as we saw recently following his industry-stirring freestyle heard at Roots Picnic ...

The 1988 track was certified platinum by the RIAA on Tuesday (October 21). Slick Rick received a major career milestone when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified his ...

From his release from prison to his untimely death a little more than a year later, Pac managed to not waste a day making history. Jigga’s favorite album was allegedly created while he was still ...

Kendrick Lamar has reached a historic milestone. His landmark album good kid, m.A.A.d city has officially spent 700 weeks on the Billboard 200. No other hip-hop studio album has ever achieved this.

Because the hip-hop genre has grown over the past three decades into a tremendous force in American and international popular culture, it can be easy to forget how relatively young it is, originating ...

The year 2000 featured some classic rap albums. 52 Hip-Hop Albums Turning 15 in 2020 52 Hip-Hop Albums Turning 15 in 2020 From Lil Wayne's Tha Carter II to 50 Cent's The Massacre, 2005 gave birth to ...