Brooklyn-born/Bronx-raised Hip Hop legend KRS-One was a graffiti writer before he was known as the “Blastmaster” of Boogie Down Productions, scribing his name all over the streets of Brooklyn and the ...

These days, the conversation around lyricism in hip-hop can be polarizing. Some people argue the new generation of rappers ...

MTV’s Sway had an opportunity to catch up with Rick Ross during the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, to discuss a few things before the ceremony. Rozay was recently spotted in the lab with Dr. Dre ...

West Coast was prevalent, and female MCs were on the rise. As the genre continued to grow, so did the amount of music that was released to the masses. Like any genre, some hip-hop songs are ...

who famously labeled Hip Hop as "the Black CNN" for bringing the stories of the street to the mainstream, this story will include personal testimonies of the MCs, DJs, graffiti artists ...

“Gangsta” rap focused on many of the negative elements associated with neighborhoods where hip-hop originated, as MCs rapped about gang culture and all of the various ways you’d get hurt if ...

There are a few essentials that make a cypher complete. Nas informed the masses it was suede Timbs on his 1994 hit “The World ...

Almost all skilled MCs use syncopation to create complex rhythmic ... to see how much has changed since 2010. They found that hip-hop's presence in country has exploded over the past eight years.

But with the classic track, the three Houston MCs — and the people behind them — propelled Houston into a hip-hop hub. “Still ...

Drake emerged from unlikely roots in the late '00s to become the biggest rapper of the 2010s -- which, by the time his decade ...

Sisterhood Of Hip-Hop, follows five female MCs as they attempt to navigate the highs and lows of the music industry with the ultimate goal of finding success in the generally male-dominated realm ...

One of the albums nominated for a Grammy last week is among the five BDLife recommendations for music to spice up your ...