The fatal shooting of rapper Half Ounce has ignited a familiar conversation about gun violence, rap culture and whether there’s a responsibility for record labels to protect their artists. The 32-year ...

Bun B has long been a trailblazer in both Hip Hop and Houston culture, but his influence extends far beyond music. Over the past few years, he has become an integral part of the Houston Rodeo, ...

Bow Wow called for Hip-Hop to unionize over the weekend, clearly unaware a Hip-Hop union already exists. We hear you, Shad. But Kurtis Blow, KRS-One and Chuck D are way ahead of you. As co-founders of ...

These last few years have seen a harrowing number of rappers die tragically, and the toll of those losses is clearly weighing on some of hip-hop’s biggest stars ...

Unlike much of the online hip-hop community, Questlove was less than impressed with the rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Over the weekend, the two rappers exchanged a slew of acidic diss ...

“I'm in the lion's den,” Questlove blurts out before I can ask the first question, with a laugh that confirms he’s being eaten alive online. It was either the perfect pitch for a book that chronicles ...

Questlove has had a remarkable career so far. He started as the drummer in Philadelphia's boundary-breaking hip-hop band The Roots. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE NEXT MOVEMENT") BLACK THOUGHT: (Rapping) ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, founder and drummer of The Roots, has written a new book. "Hip-Hop Is History" is a very personal take on the influence of rap and how it's changed, for better or worse.

Travis Scott is one of the great showmen of our time, dedicated to stagecraft and extravagance unrivaled in hip-hop. Even before he was selling out arenas, he would do things like perform in a tree ...