Detective Melissa Mercado was recorded dancing in a black bra, matching G-string and glitter boots as she made it rain next to a pole in the S-Quire hip-hop video, “Doin That,” last month.

February’s conclusion brings HotNewHipHop’s eagerly anticipated monthly collection of premier hip-hop releases, highlighting an exceptional period of musical innovation and artistic expression.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from IDK, Reason, and TiaCorine. The avalanche of new releases in hip-hop continued this week, albeit at a slightly slower rate ...

Red Bull BC One is the biggest one-on-one b-boy and b-girl competition in the world. Every year, thousands of dancers battle for a chance to represent at the World Final. First, let's go back to ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best ...

By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital Director, West Coast Megan Thee Stallion came into Tuesday’s (Oct. 15) broadcast of the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards as the top nominee, but Kendrick Lamar ended ...

Cassie Ventura is not the first survivor of hip-hop’s abuse. Unfortunately, she will not be the last. In the months since Ventura filed a federal lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for rape ...

When DJ Kool Herc began MC'ing on August 11, 1973, he unleashed the transformative power of hip-hop culture, which has had an indelible impact on the world. He and artists like The Notorious B.I.G ...

Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many ...

She also acted as the first hip hop promoter, creating handwritten flyers and notecards, while doubling as a stylist, for her brother’s performances. Widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

Earlier this month, hip hop marked its 50th anniversary with a massive concert at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx — the New York City borough where the genre was born. As the hip hop community ...

Eminem and Brittany Murphy in a scene from '8 Mile,' 2002. (Credit: Universal/Getty Images) By 1984, hip-hop was in full force, but still in its infancy as far as narratives in cinema ...