A professional pop culture junkie for more than 25 years, Jeff Giles regularly surfaces in a number of far-flung locations on the Web. LL Cool J Takes Back the Crown with ‘Mama Said Knock You ...

Lauryn Hill's classic album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is a timeless piece of musical art that is still being talked about since its debut back in 1998. The record was hip-hop, it was R&B ...

Remember about 14 years ago when Making The Band was a thing for pretty much every network attempting to draw in viewership? Well, one of those shows, BET's Blowin' Up Fatty Koo recently ...

Gangsta anthems, a Caribbean classic, Destiny’s Child drama and an iconic Prince moment make this day in history. 2004 — B.G. Drops 'Life After Cash Money.' On his second record after leaving ...

While it reached it's "golden age" in the '80s, hip-hop peaked sonically and creatively in the '90s. The '90s also witnessed a lot of pioneering acts enter the scene—from Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop ...

Four years before the release of her sophomore album, Never Say Never, the music industry was officially introduced to songbird Brandy Norwood with her debut album Brandy. So many wanted to know ...

He only lived 25 years, but Tupac Shakur's output was prolific, and his impact on hip-hop remains unmatched, over 20 years since his death in Sept. 1996. His lyrics reflected the highs and lows ...

Jay-Z and Beyonce have been an item for more than a dozen years now, but their creative partnership stretches back to 2003. Since then, the couple -- which married in 2008 -- has released 13 ...

The West Coast hip-hop community is mourning the loss of rapper Godfather of the legendary rap collective Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. According to Baller Status, Godfather passed away over the weekend.

There's a lot of people in the rap world who use the tough guy street persona as part of their personal image and brand. In some cases, it's all an act, or at the very least past tales of street ...

West used his twitter thumbs to tweet out that he supports conservative firebrand Candace Owens. If you don’t know who Ms. Owens is, just think of her as the black Tomi Lahren. Oh, and she ...

These days the term freestyle means one of two things—either a rapper is pulling rhymes off the top of their head or spitting a verse that was written for a specific moment. Maybe we love these ...