Since Uproxx has already shared the Best Songs of 2022, for the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2022 list, I once again teamed up with Yoh Phillips to see if we couldn’t excavate some gems from an ...

Hip-hop has long indicted the justice system. And for just as long, the justice system has responded in kind. Hip-hop — more specifically, rap music — has always had an uneasy relationship ...

In interviews, the Long Island rappers and DJs who helped define hip-hop’s golden age — roughly the mid-1980s to the early 1990s — describe a network of Black communities where hip-hop music ...

Hip-hop was still the most listened-to genre of music in 2023, it had a 26.8 percent share of the U.S. music market, down from its 2020 peak of 28.2 percent in 2020, according to research by ...

Rihanna’s long-awaited return yields an immediate chart-topper as “Lift Me Up” debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated Nov. 12. The single, from the soundtrack to ...

The song has been sampled in some of the most popular hip-hop songs, including "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, the theme music from the 1989 film, "Do The Right Thing," directed by Spike Lee.

Unlike the Grammys, the American Music Awards are fan-voted, making Kendrick’s win for Favorite Hip-Hop Song even more meaningful. The 2025 AMAs, held in Las Vegas, highlighted just how deep the ...

Black American music — jazz, blues, rock n’ roll, rhythm & blues, funk — long preceded what would come to be known as hip-hop. Artists such as Kid Capri and Kurtis Blow list influences ...

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) recently celebrated the induction of iconic hip-hop artists Davy DMX, DJ Hurricane, and DJ Jazzy Jay at a ceremony held at their ...

Hip-hop is celebrating 50 years as a music genre this month, and some Long Islanders have been part of its journey. Freeport native Cassandra Jackson, also known as 1/2 Pint from Son of Bazerk ...

Lauryn Hill. Missy Elliott. Queen Latifah. Trina. Salt-n-Pepa. Women are consistently underrated in hip-hop, despite their objectively brilliant contributions.

Hip-hop culture is often recognized as being born on Aug. 11, 1973. ... Accordingly, reproductive rights have long been part of the discourse in rap music, ...