2006 was actually a rather strong year for quality Hip Hop releases. Here’s my (Wes’) official Top 10 Hip Hop Records of 2006.

So it looks like "Idlewild", the new album from Outkast, arguably the biggest, most commercially successful rap group in existence, was beaten like a misbehaving mule in first-week sales by the debut ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Sept. 4, 2006: Pioneering rap group A Tribe Called Quest had fans anxiously anticipating a reunion of any sort after their 1998 studio album, The ...

(AllHipHop News) With today’s announcement that VH1 is bringing the classic awards show back, we’ve decided to highlight a few classic moments. Over the years the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors proved itself to ...

It's reported that champagne giant Cristal wishes to exclude a group from what has otherwise been a very profitable niche market - the hip-hop audience. Commentator Todd Boyd says that the makers of ...

Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow is channeling his energies in a new direction. He's leading "hip-hop" worship services in communities across the country. Producer E.V. Tait, Jr. visited a service recently ...

THE EAST BAY is set to invade the City By the Bay on New Year’s Eve. Berkeley’s rap-sensation Lyrics Born, best known for his hit single “Callin’ Out” (used in a cool Diet Coke commercial), headlines ...

A few women who have survived abusive relationships with rap stars are breaking the silence about domestic violence. But a “no snitch” rule is still widely observed in the hip hop music world.

A truism in historiography is that chronicles of recent history are generally less accurate than those of the more distant past. Historians, it is believed, need to be culturally and chronologically ...

MODESTO – “Ghost riding the whip” – a stunt in which a driver gets out of his car and dances around and on top of the slowly moving vehicle to a thumping hip-hop beat – has gotten at least two people ...

Hip Hop Harry is a children's show that aired on Discovery Kids and TLC as part of the Ready Set Learn block, as well as most Retro Television Network affiliates, as an E/I-compliant program. Similar ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.