I find myself returning to the early 2000s, playing those tracks on repeat. There’s something timeless about the music from that era, and for me, songs by Jay Sean are at the top of the list ... as ...

Since its launch in 1999, this luxury SUV has become a symbol of success and status, frequently appearing in rap videos, ...

There’s an honesty to Rap World, the feature debut of co-directors Conner O’Malley and Danny Scharar, beyond its vérité ...

Greatest hit: Akon owns two Number One hits, both from “Konvicted”: “I Wanna Love You” (with Snoop Dogg) and “Don’t Matter.” ...

Elsewhere, Last Lap opens at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart and at No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has brought a resurgence for St. Louis rapper J-Kwon, who burst on the scene two decades ago.

In 2006, when Nas rapped “Hip Hop Is Dead,” R&B lovers were left wondering if there was a coffin for new R&B music too.

(Which is saying something since those debut albums from Cash Money Records artists back in the ‘99 to the 2000s were an ...

Last month, Beyoncé called GloRilla one of her favorite young artists. She was also presented with the key to the city of ...

As much a persona as a musician, the Canadian rapper and classical pianist Chilly Gonzales comes to the Royal Albert Hall on ...

Albums like “The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera” (1998) and “Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space” (2000) ...

J Dilla, whose real name was James Dewitt Yancey, had hitherto been known only by the hip-hop underground and in the small ...