After smashes like “First Class” and “Lovin on Me,” the artist from Louisville, Ky., is making a true musical shift to intimate, hand-played R&B on his fourth album, “Monica.” ...

The "Alam Mo Ba Girl?" rapper/singer is piping hot with his new record that is all in banger country.

Darryl McDaniels is looking back at the blessing and the curse that came with Run-DMC's early success. The 61-year-old tells ...

You literally never know who you will run into, so if you are there on a mission be it pitching yourself, your show, or to get investors or partners - it’s paramount to know what you are going to say ...

Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and David Harbour, the leads of HBO's "DTF St. Louis," photographed late last month in West Hollywood. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) HBO’s new dark comedy, “DTF ...

The Beastie Boys had the first-ever No. 1 album in the hip-hop genre.

Killer Mike, Travis Scott, T.I. and other artists said James Broadnax was sent to death row in Texas based partly on his artistic expression.

With his vibrant career in music and acting, the hip-hop star turns 54 today. Born on March 13, 1972, the Chicago native, whose real name is Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., was part of a rap trio called C.D.R ...

Check out an excerpt from a special anthology that investigates women's work behind the scenes in hip hop and reggaeton.

It's a definitive look at how three L.A. delinquents forged a new brute funk sound. But Hillel Slovak's tragedy shouldn't have taken the film over.

The moment became a striking illustration of something my research keeps returning to: how music can carry the moral codes of ...

Rick Ross takes CNN’s Lamide Akintobi for a drive through Miami, reflecting on his rise in hip-hop, collaborating with African artists and why the global rise of Afrobeats is “only the beginning.” ...