Bun B has long been a trailblazer in both Hip Hop and Houston culture, but his influence extends far beyond music. Over the past few years, he has become an integral part of the Houston Rodeo, ...

Hip-hop's longtime love for Donald Trump and Sean "Diddy" Combs highlights some artists' disturbing infatuation with powerful abusers. By Ja'han Jones This post is the fourth in “MAGA and Masculinity ...

Zhang’s explainer is a great snapshot of the zaniness of online communities built on the constant dissection of pop culture, but it unfortunately belies the racist roots of how terms like “khia” come ...

The music industry’s power dynamics have long favored corporate interests over artistic expression, but few artists have faced the institutional pushback that Pusha T has encountered in recent years.

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

Hip hop culture is arguably the most impactful artistic export the U.S. has to offer. It left its mark on everything: no haute couture house or Eastern European indie band was left untouched. What’s ...

Death is so common in hip-hop now that we don't even take time to mourn the deceased. The sudden departure of the BET Hip Hop Awards (HHA) from cable television was announced last month and it ...