On this day in 1991, one of hip hop’s most revolutionary voices, Tupac Amaru Shakur, delivered his debut studio album, ...

Once Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty's "Yo! MTV Raps" went daily in March 1989, the hip-hop floodgates opened. The ratings were sky-high, forcing labels to court every kid in every major city with a mic ...

On this day in 1991, the soundtrack to the cult-classic crime thriller, New Jack City, was released. The story of the rise and fall of Nino Brown and the Cash Money Brothers has continued to inspire ...

Anyone who's ever claimed that hip-hop saved pop music now has some evidence to back up their theories. Academic Dr Matthias Mauch and his team have published a study which identifies three different ...

Somewhere between the time DJ Kool Herc got the party started in the 1970s and LL Cool J’s star turn on MTV Unplugged in 1991, hip-hop went mainstream. First it conquered the ‘burbs. Then it went ...

“It’s sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten.” That’s how Naughty by Nature’s lyrics describe the word pussy in the group’s 1991 hip-hop classic “O.P.P.” Hey, that radio-friendly attitude is ...

Back when rappers were dead set on either spitting harsh rhymes or dancefloor anthems, Whodini began injecting R&B and funk elements into its hip hop songs. That style peaks on “Freaks Come Out at ...

Naughty by Nature's DJ KayGee and Vin Rock give Jalen Rose the details on their many years in the music industry. Courtesy Jalen Rose; Getty Images As hip-hop turns 50 and we pull back the lens to see ...