Debra Filcman is a Chicago-based freelance journalist.On Sept. 17, Mariah Carey stunned once again with her vocal range, MC Lyte went in a new direction and Jay-Z tops the soundtrack for a Martin ...

The Ying Yang Twins are back and want you to twerk... or die. After their 'Ass in Session' project was released this summer, the dynamic Southern duo is back for more wobbling with their new ...

Cypress Hill Smokes the Competition: August 13 Hip-Hop History Cypress Hill arrived, Aaliyah and Jodeci released major albums and Curtis Mayfield suffered a tragic injury on Aug. 13 in hip-hop ...

From the outset of their relationship, things were highly combustible between the pair. Less than six months later, Rison was arrested in a parking lot after he allegedly physically abused Lopes ...

14 “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” feat. Vybz Kartel Music of the Sun, 2005 Rihanna flaunts her Caribbean charm on a well-suited cover of Jamaican singer Dawn Penn’s classic ’94 hit ...

Comin' Out Hard The talent that comes from Memphis reads like a Who's Who List for black music. Al Green, Isaac Hayes, the Bar-Kays as well as Sam and Dave all called the city home. The legendary ...

MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Salt-N-Pepa are rarely discussed regarding pioneers in hip-hop. While many women have come after them, these three hip-hop acts laid the foundation for the women in rap ...

Brownside was established as a Chicano version of N.W.A. when Eazy-E signed them to his Ruthless Records label in the early '90s. The group was comprised of Los Angeles natives Toker, Danger ...

17 "Deuces" Remix - Chris Brown featuring Drake, T.I., Kanye West, Fabolous, & Andre 3000 2010 There are a lot of people on this track and none of them are wack. But Andre's guest spot takes it to ...

Apparently, that whole, "no question is ever stupid" philosophy flew right past KRS-One. Because on a fateful December night in 1993, while P.M. Dawn was performing at Manhattan's Sound Factory ...

Throughout its history, hip-hop has provided the world with plenty of headlines. We're taking a look at the most important events in the genre's history that have taken place in each year since ...

While it’s difficult to pinpoint precisely when it was that Southern hip-hop seeped into the collective consciousness of the rap industry and asserted its dominance, only one crew can lay claim ...