Alex Wiley's 10-track mixtape is giving all good vibes. Take a listen. Chicago rapper Alex Wiley is a unique figure who most closely resembles "Cartman" from 'South Park' and makes music ...

Iconic visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat holds a unique place in early hip-hop history. While he never picked up a mic and rapped (he was more of an art noise guy), Basquiat was good friends with hip ...

Waka Flocka Flame has come to the defense of machine gun-brandishing 17-year-old Chicago rapper Chief Keef, arguing that, despite the recent controversy surrounding him and his beef with murdered ...

Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty) has been hella busy taking the beauty and fashion industries by storm with the launches of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty, leaving her navy of fans to wonder if she ...

Rap fans got a very pleasant surprise last week when Drake blessed the internet with a link to his new project, If You're Reading This It's Too Late. Containing 17 tracks, a majority of which were ...

Music videos were pretty riveting and complex back in the late '90s and early 2000s. Directors such as Hype Williams and Director X, to name a few, were masters at creating epic videos to complement ...

The Cash Money Records that exists today barely resembles the local operation it once was. Whether you call it YMCMB, Young Money or Cash Money, the label is undoubtedly one of the most prominent ...

Challenging authority and bucking the status quo has long been one of the more endearing and powerful qualities of hip-hop. Beginning in the early '80s where artists like Mellie Mel and his Furious 5 ...

New Edition has quite a legacy. The six-man R&B group has amassed a serious discography of hits. From their early days as an 80s bubblegum teen act through their evolution into polished 90s R&B ...

Sam Smith has given us heartbreak in the past, but he takes it to another level with his new video for 'Lay Me Down.' Set in a church in southeast London, the crooner stands in the middle of the aisle ...

The past year has been an incredible 12 months for hip-hop. The entire year has been bursting with quality tracks, mixtapes and albums. It seems almost all of the big names dropped at least something, ...