Billboard spoke with esteemed cultural critics to break down the complex dynamic between Black hip-hop (and hip-hop-adjacent) artists and Americana iconography. By Kyle Denis As Democrats rally around ...

Kendrick Lamar has officially been named Best Male Hip-Hop Artist at the American Music Awards, marking another major moment in a career stretch that has kept him at the center of global hip-hop ...

It's been 22 years since Slim Shady took home his first AMA. By Michael Saponara Eminem has won favorite male hip-hop artist at the 2025 American Music Awards. Twenty-two years after taking home his ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...

Dr. Dre's got love for E Street. Dre was bestowed an American Music Honor by the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on Saturday, April 18 at the Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth ...

‘Hip hop on trial’; this was the name given to a global debate that took place in London just two weeks ago, the third in a series of discussions hosted by Intelligence Squared in association with ...

The early days of hip-hop were about community and raw creativity — far from the mainstream industry it would later become. Bigger Than The Music Hip-hop is a full cultural movement built on four main ...

Music Eastern Conference All-Stars: 8 Pioneers In Asian American Hip-Hop With Far East Movement's "Like A G6" hitting No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, we're paying homage to some other major milestones ...

A new musical blending contemporary hip-hop music and Catholic liturgy debuted Feb. 14-16 at the Lyke House, a Catholic Newman Center serving historically Black colleges in Atlanta. The "Hip-Hop Mass" ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house ...