OPINION: With highly anticipated hip-hop tours coming this summer, theGrio counts down the 10 best live hip-hop performers. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed and the views expressed are ...

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 ...

Back in the day, when buying records, CDs, and tapes was one of the most important things a young person could do, the keen-eyed music consumer often kept their peepers peeled for new live albums.

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, ...

November is Hip-Hop History Month, and as we mark 51 years of the genre’s legacy (revisit our extensive 50th anniversary celebration here), a new study from viagogo has arrived highlighting how ...

Wilmington will host MC Sha-Rock Day on May 17th to honor hip-hop pioneer and city native Sharon Jackson. Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock, is considered the first female rapper and was an original ...

In 2024, rap music and hip-hop culture are almost inextricable from the commercial record industry. Created and incubated by people on the socioeconomic margins and firmly outside of the mainstream, ...

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 ...

MIAMI — Brother Marquis, a member of pioneering Miami rap group 2 Live Crew, has died, according to the group’s social media. Born Mark Ross, Brother Marquis passed away Monday, though details about ...

The rapper Brother Marquis, who joined the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew in the '80s and was featured on Ice-T's song "99 Problems," has died. He was 58, according to TMZ, who first reported the ...

CNN host Erin Burnett made New York City Democratic mayoral presumptive nominee Zohran Mamdani awkwardly watch an old rap music video he made under the name “Mr. Cardamom” on Thursday. During an ...