Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BET Hip Hop Awards 2024 - Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET The future of the BET Hip Hop Awards and Soul Train Music ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Ab-Soul, Ferg, and Cordae. The past few weeks have featured a glut of new hip-hop, so even though this week slows things down a ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

BET has shocked the culture by pulling the plug on its two most celebrated award shows—without a clear reason why. In a move that has blindsided fans and artists alike, BET has officially suspended ...

The final day of Music at the Intersection 2025 wasn’t just a concert, it was a definitive statement. With hip hop serving as the heartbeat of the festival’s closing moments, De La Soul commanded the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige opened up about her “what if” moments as she reflected on her decades-long music career.

From Illmatic to The Chronic, these are the most important—and greatest—rap albums of the ’90s. One rule changed everything: ...

When Marcus J. Moore was growing up in the late 1980s, he heard a piece of music that made him feel less alone. It was De La Soul's landmark debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

*Dang, unfortunately, we got some not-so-good news to pass along to ya. BET confirmed it has suspended both the Soul Train Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards. BET CEO Scott Mills shared the news in an ...