One of the major reasons people fell in love with rap music upon its inception was that it was a powerful tool to open your mind. It was the deep-voiced Public Enemy frontman Chuck D who dubbed the ...

Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: there is no handful of songs that ever completely encapsulate any genre or artist or sound. The beauty of art is that it’s ephemeral—to quote a famed ...

The 1990s were hip-hop's golden era, a decade that birthed lyrical legends whose bars still get quoted and debated today. From coast-to-coast rivalries to underground wordsmiths, the era produced a ...

Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It was an era in which artistic creativity expanded, rivalries emerged, pop ...

It’s no secret that the world of rap music has endured more than its fair share of tragedy over the years. Like the psychedelic rockers in the late 60s or the grunge stars in the mid-90s, rap has lost ...

Hip-hop was first created in 1973 in the Bronx, but it wasn't until the '90s that West Coast rappers truly showcased their unique sound on another level. The cool thing about West Coast rap, it's not ...

When you were in high school, there were probably a few talented people walking through the halls whom you respected. People whose creative aptitudes inspired you or made you want to work with them on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rap and metal had occasionally flirted with each other through the 80s, but it wasn't until the early 90s when they finally got ...

Bobby Shmurda & Loud Luxury sit down and share how “Cool Like That” was created, the ’90s rap vibe they were going for and more! Joe De Pace: What’s up, everybody? We’re Loud Luxury. Bobby Shmurda: ...