On August 11, 1973, an 18-year-old, Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam. During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the ...

Opinion alert! NBA legend Carmelo Anthony has declared J. Cole one of the top 10 rappers in hip-hop history. During a recent appearance on 7PM in Brooklyn, the retired basketball star praised Cole’s ...

Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...

"If challenging power is a core tenet of hip-hop," he continues, "few album covers encapsulate that as stylishly as Hard Core." The full list is now available at Billboard.com.

In partnership with the National Basketball Retired Players Association and The Finn Group, the Okayplayer Lounge pop-up is bridging music, basketball, art and legacy. 15 hours ago “I think what we’re ...

Lil Kim just earned another major accolade nearly thirty years after she changed the sound and style of rap. Billboard has officially ranked her debut album Hard Core as the greatest hip hop album ...

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