Cypress Hill Smokes the Competition: August 13 Hip-Hop History Cypress Hill arrived, Aaliyah and Jodeci released major albums and Curtis Mayfield suffered a tragic injury on Aug. 13 in hip-hop ...

Throughout its history, hip-hop has provided the world with plenty of headlines. We're taking a look at the most important events in the genre's history that have taken place in each year since ...

These rappers were born into wealthy families.Listening to hip-hop music, it's easy to believe that just about every rapper shares the same come-up story. They grew up in the 'hood, at some point ...

From Will Smith, Queen Latifah and Ice Cube, to Sticky Fingaz and Eve, we've ranked the rappers-turned-actors.

13 "Final Hour" Lauryn Hill The majority of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill captures Lauryn as a songstress as opposed to an emcee, but one instance in which she reminds listeners of her lyrical ...

Derek Watkins was the well-dressed man in the photo, who everyone would later come to know as Fonzworth Bentley. Watkins was born and raised in Southwest Atlanta and went on to attend his father's ...

The music world was shocked on Oct. 18, 1974 when Al Green was doused with a boiling pot of grits by girlfriend Mary Woodson. Green was about to shower at his Memphis home when Woodson scalded him ...

"The man is just tired," he said, according to MTV. "He had to defend himself. He's like, 'My career probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for KRS-One,' that's what Nelly is on. My man got tired ...

In 2004, Ja Rule released his sixth studio album entitled R.U.L.E, he was making a comeback from his previous album Blood In My Eye that didn't do well on the charts. The uptempo song served as a ...

14 “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” feat. Vybz Kartel Music of the Sun, 2005 Rihanna flaunts her Caribbean charm on a well-suited cover of Jamaican singer Dawn Penn’s classic ’94 hit ...

Kanye West is notable for many reasons. When it comes to his rapping, though, he wasn't always the celebrated figure he is today. He had some fantastic moments in the early years of his career ...

8 "My Life (Lost Souls)" - Gang Related Soundtrack (1997) Gang Related was released after Pac's death in 1996, but the soundtrack features some of his best musical work. "My Life (Lost Souls)" is ...