Joy France shocked battle rap fans by facing a younger U.S. rapper at 70, proving age was no barrier to bars, respect and hip-hop culture. Battle rap just got a whole lot more interesting. A ...

One sunny day in 1995, the Notorious B.I.G. sat in the passenger seat of a black Mercedes-Benz, smoking joints and talking shit. Of course, Biggie did these things on many days during his short ...

Rapper Nelly has officially "squashed" his old rap beef with Eminem admitting that the entire ordeal was a "miscommunication" on his end. In a new interview with Bootleg Kev, the 50-year-old rapper ...

Rap started to make its impact on the world of mainstream pop music in the late 80s. Little by little, bands and acts that had already become stars in the hip hop arena began to work their way higher ...

A nostalgic crowd turned out to see an all-star lineup on Friday at Yankee Stadium, not far from the genre’s birthplace. Outside Yankee Stadium, where “Hip Hop 50 Live,” a 50th-anniversary concert, ...

Dr. Ralph is a professor of anthropology at Princeton. The rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is about more than whatever personal beefs these two men have with each other. As many have noted ...

Ja Rule Doesn't Think He's Too Old to Rap: 'Hip-Hop Is Growing Up' The Queens rap legend claimed artists from his generation should continue making music so that hip-hop can continue aging gracefully.