The culmination of 2 Chainz’s rise to superstar status came in the form of his debut album under Def Jam Records, Based On A T.R.U. Story. Collaborations were heavy with big songs featuring Drake, ...

“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

In the Hip Hop universe, mixtapes have often been the unsung heroes that serve as the foundation for raw talents to blossom into legends. From the gritty streets to the digital realm of sites like ...

Joe, Joell, Royce and Crooked do what they do best on their first collective Gangsta Grillz; tear instrumentals to pieces. 23. 50 Cent and DJ Drama – The Lost Tape For the first time ever, mixtape ...

At first many dismissed it as a fad when it exploded out of the Bronx after a dance party in the summer of 1973 where Dj Kool Herc used two turntables to switch back and forth between two records to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nipsey Hussle The emergence of significant DSPs like Spotify and Apple Music may have effectively ended the mixtape era. Before ...

It’s no secret that there are a lot of hip-hop documentaries. As the first genre to really break in an era where it could be widely documented in real time by camcorders, tape recorders, and ...

Egyptian Lover's Roland TR-808 drum machine is customized with hieroglyphics and themed patterns Credit: Jay Godwin / LBJ Presidential Library Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is ...

On Feb. 12, Drake released a 17-song mixtape on iTunes and announced it via Twitter with the amount of publicity and fanfare that preceded Beyonce’s eponymous 2014 release -- namely, none. “If You’re ...

Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit” curated by the GRAMMY Museum® delves deep into the multifaceted world of the genre through its music, dance, graffiti, fashion, business, activism and history, ...

The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Noname, Rob49, Trippie Redd, and more. The South Central mainstay drops 10 new tracks of his signature Los Angeles hood hop.

No local rapper sounds hungrier when spitting out lyrics. His flow isn't the most precise and his rhymes aren't the most refined, but this 20-year-old more than makes up for it with an aggressive, ...