The Bay Area’s storied hip-hop legacy takes center stage next month with the debut of the SF Hip-Hop Festival 2025, a two-day celebration of music, technology and culture. Scheduled to take place at ...

RZA puts #GZA above #Nas and Rakim as the greatest MC ever. He explains how GZA spawned all the Wu-Tang rappers and brought ...

Releasing his debut album Words from the Genius in 1991 via Cold Chillin’ Records, the GZA was the first Wu-Tang member to ...

Wu Tang Clan architect RZA recently stirred the pot in the eternal debate over Hip Hop’s greatest lyricist. During his ...

Jaeo Draftpick breaks down his rise from Long Island struggles to London stages, a new hit single, and launching his own ...

Several of hip-hop's finest took the stage at the 2025 BET Awards, from Lil' Kim and Mariah Carey to Leon Thomas and Bow Wow.

Long Island’s Mariah Carey has released her first new song in several years and it samples another local act, hip-hop legends ...

EXCLUSIVE: Def Jam Recordings' first president, Bill Stephney, EPMD's Parish Smith and The Bomb Squad's Keith Shocklee were ...

Hip-hop pioneer Rakim is back with a new song, “Be Ill,” the lead single from his first new album in 15 years, G.O.D.’s Network (Reb7rth), out July 26. On “Be Ill,” Rakim is as lyrically ...

If you listened to hip-hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was all about Eric B. & Rakim. The New York-based duo was known for their unique sound, which was the perfect blend of DJ Eric B.’ ...

Jeff Moore/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Rakim is looking back at his career, including one lyrical moment that has since been deemed prophetic. Upon the release of his first new album in 15 years ...

Rakim is renowned for his calm demeanor on and off the mic, but the rap legend got a bit riled up after unruly fans tossed bottles in his direction during a recent performance. The New York native ...