Technical skill, originality, and style always come into question when considering the best rappers, but the increasingly important live show is sometimes left out of the discussion. A great live show ...

The biggest rap artists in the music industry are coming to an arena near you. From Drake to Nicki Minaj, fans have many artists to choose from when buying concert tickets.

If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. MTV will air A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey’s Finest, presented by MTV Unplugged live tonight, Thursday, ...

There was a cipher going on outside the Hip-Hop 50 Live show at Yankee Stadium. One woman took the mic, intently closing her eyes while focusing on her next bar. As I walked away, she rhymed an ...

There was a brief moment during Hip Hop 50 Live — an epic celebration of the golden anniversary of hip-hop that stretched from Friday night into Saturday morning at New York’s Yankee Stadium— that ...

Last week, rap legend Chuck D took issue with Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 live acts in the world right now. Topped by Bruce Springsteen, the feature was dominated by classic rock acts, ...

That was 50 years ago today. Though hip-hop’s oft-repeated origin story historically prioritizes the gift of poetics, we forget that rap’s storm of funk got the people going. From DJ Kool Herc’s ...

Black Violin's Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met on the first day of orchestra class in 1996 at Dillard High School of the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Classically trained by day, they ...

The Boston area has produced a long line of famous musicians — from New Edition to Aereosmith — so it’s no surprise our music clubs are overflowing with talent. From small community spaces ...

Like the blues music from which it's heavily derived, hip-hop music was born 50 years ago out of hard times and real-life struggles. It almost seems fitting, then, that personal success was one of the ...