On this date in 1996, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter dropped the lead single to one of the most revered debut albums in hip-hop history ...

If that same birthday-themed invitation came with a request to dress in ’90s hip hop fashion trends ... pre-championship player Michael Jordan wore a black and red edition of the Air Ship ...

When asked, “What does it mean when a rapper is called a sellout,” Soulja Boy told Genius, “Basically selling your soul, doing something that you wouldn’t normally do.” ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

While Nelly has visited Corpus Christi at least twice, he first made his appearance in 2005 at KZFM's (Hot Z95) 30th Birthday ...

Winston-Salem State University is bringing Black history to life in a dynamic way this February. As part of its annual Black ...

Shaboozey isn't the only Black star taking country music by storm. Here are six other hot, rising Black acts making Nashville ...

Ja Rule struggled to get through his speech at Irv Gotti’s funeral following the Murder Inc. co-founder’s sudden death. The ...

Handy grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and like a lot of other teens in the late 90s and early 2000s ... comes with the culture. Hip-hop was born out of the spirit of Black protests.

With art oftentimes imitating life, many popular television series became platforms to explore, educate and inform on the ...

But it was something about 90s hip-hop stars joining the queue to kiss the ring at Trump’s inaugural balls that still keeps me up at night. For many of us Black millennials – especially those ...