By Sowmya Krishnamurthy Jojo Simmons is not that innocent anymore. The son of Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C. (and star of the former MTV reality show "Run's...
Strange Famous Records DJ and beat chopper Aupheus is the anointed king of “doom-bap.” The term, coined by SFR affiliate Buddy Peace , describes his ...
'I always felt that hip-hop was a collective effort, groups,' MC tells MTV News about PE being the fourth hip-hop group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
'I always felt that hip-hop was a collective effort, groups,' MC tells MTV News about PE being the fourth hip-hop group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Ice-T wants rap to be respected as an art form. As director of the documentary Something From Nothing: Art of Rap , Ice-T interviewed 52 rappers and...
We've been on Diggy 's steeze for a minute now, but it's time for the rest of y'all to start paying attention. He hails from the Simmons clan (he's R...
The long list of performers at the 2012 Grammys was as vast, varied and random as putting your entire music collection on shuffle and setting it on st...
Right now it's no doubt that you're either knee-deep in Christmas tunes or burying your face in a gallon of adult eggnog -- or you're burying your fac...
Over the last 30 years, nearly everything has changed in hip-hop: lyrical styles, beats, fashion, subject matter, politics, geography, ethnic diversit...
For more than 15 years, Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers Entertainment has been a stalwart of intelligent hip-hop, favoring daring, unconventional music ...
A Tribe Called Quest dropped their second full-length album, The Low End Theory , in late September of 1991. Widely recognized as a ground-breaking ...
A Tribe Called Quest dropped their second full-length album, The Low End Theory , in late September of 1991. Widely recognized as a ground-breaking ...
Seminal rap duo Eric B. & Rakim have long been considered by many to be one of Hip Hop’s living treasures with a legacy and catalog that has influen...
Producer Rick Rubin is well-known for discovering musicians ( Beastie Boys , Run-D.M.C. ) and reinventing their careers ( Johnny Cash , Dixie Chicks...