Rap pioneers JVC Force put the suburbs on the hip-hop map with the iconic anthem “Strong Island” in the late 1980s — and their funk-filled ode to Long Island has new life stretching all the way across ...
Emo icons Chiodos celebrate 20 years of their debut album, "All's Well That Ends Well" Nov. 10 at Ozark Music Hall in ...
The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin,” at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was still in its keeping-it-real phase. Biz’s pop chart ascendence (rap’s ...
For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...
Since Day 1, the Memphis rapper has always been compared to NBA YoungBoy. His breakthrough song, “Shotta Flow,” is what got him recognized nationally. but also started the YB comparisons. During ...
NLE also mentions one the current era’s biggest acts, NBA YoungBoy, by name, rapping, “Youngboy what this the big boy league/Put one in the gut under the Jesus piece/Last thing that I heard was Jesus ...
This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a ...
"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column ...
Reggae artiste Chronixx collects his third top 10 entry on this week’s Billboard Reggae Albums chart with the #5 debut of ...
Musical biopics can often get a bad rap, but they're not all fawning, diluted cash grabs. Here, Shaun Curran picks nine of the best ...
Four Decades of Attitude tour commits to memory and music and Ice Cube’s heft as a Hip-Hop legend and pioneer.
New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...