The catch about Golden Eras is that we don't always know when we're living in one -- we only know when it's already over. The hip-hop Golden Era is generally recognized to have started in the late ...

A couple of years ago I heard a song from Mystik Journeymen of Living Legends where Sunspot Jones was rapping about the underground and he referenced a conversation he had with MC Hammer. He noted ...

Jackin' old beats and makin' the dash..." Luke much of the underground rap being made around this time, the moral message of “Children’s Story” was clear: underground hip-hop was inherently virtuous ...

Despite The Notorious B.I.G. rapping “you never thought that hip-hop would take it his far” on his 1994 breakout single “Juicy,” even he might have been shocked to see just how far the genre has come ...

Diving into LA Underground Hip-Hop with the People Who Lived it: The premise of the documentary Where We’re From is fairly simply — the view of L.A. hip-hop that the larger world was being presented ...

Hip Hop freestyles from the 1990s represent some of the genre's most electrifying and pivotal moments, often serving as launching pads for iconic careers. This piece explores standout performances ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine getting a birthday invitation to dress like rappers in 2025. What exactly do you even wear? Skinny jeans? The 50-plus-year ...

Hip-hop may have started out in the park, but has blossomed into a cultural force worldwide, with people from all walks of life claiming it as their own. The early '90s marked the beginning of this ...

On this day, Digital Underground brings the funk and nothing but the funk, Xzibit releases his debut project At the Speed of Light and LL Cool J reaches a milestone with his album 10. Also, Tito ...

Truth Universal was born in Trinidad and moved to New Orleans in 1977 at 4 years old, growing up on St. Bernard Avenue in the 7th Ward and in New Orleans East. After getting hooked on hip-hop culture ...