At some point, many people lost count of the number of diss tracks that Drake and Kendrick Lamar swapped this spring. J. Cole was involved, and then he wasn’t. Kanye West subsequently popped off on ...

"I Just Might" becomes only the fifth track to spend 20 weeks or more at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The diss track, a crucial tool in hip-hop culture for hashing out rivalries, is having a year. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Many ...

A unique collaboration between an HBCU, Grammy Award-winning rapper Lecrae and a foundation dedicated to helping those in correctional facilities is now the basis for a contest to give an incarcerated ...

Hip-hop is a cultural powerhouse that has infiltrated every facet of popular culture, across a global market. That said, one place you usually don’t see it is on the election campaign trail. That’s ...

It’s been two years since King Von was shot dead in Atlanta outside the Monaco Hookah Lounge. Six people were shot that day, and three died in a shootout that involved two groups of people, plus ...

The certification recognizes more than 1,000,000 units sold for the iconic single from his 1988 debut album, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. The Def Jam release became one of Hip-Hop’s most ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

Shaquille O'Neal and Damian Lillard are the two who have generated the staying power to make it as an NBA standout and as a hip-hop artist. Tony Jones, The Athletic Portland Trail Blazers, Damian ...

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Shaquille O'Neal helped pave the way for NBA stars to find success in hip-hop. Damian Lillard followed suit with his lyrical talents. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Photos: Gabe ...