Listen to the best of Fania Records on Apple Music and Spotify.. Fania All-Stars: Fania All-Stars Cha Cha Cha (1976) A supergroup comprised of the Fania label’s biggest names (including Celia ...

Finals have wrapped, campus has emptied out and our playlists have exploded with fresh releases. From 10‑minute punk epics to sun‑drenched disco revivals, the early‑summer drop has been generous. Here ...

Sampling Sly was like a right of passage for many MCs in the late ’80s and early ’90s. I grew up learning about Sly’s music ...

As Tha Carter VI joins the pack, here’s a review of Lil Wayne’s No. 1s on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Trending on Billboard Tha Block Is Hot , No. 1 for two weeks, beginning Nov. 20, 1999 ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Rico Nasty, Samara Cyn, and Sexyy Red. With summer inching closer, rap and hip-hop are back outside — so to speak. New York ...

Hip Hop Mogul and NOLA native Master P taking a bow from music after Essence Fest 2025 performance THIS IS NEWS AT TEN. I’M TELLING PEOPLE, SAY GOODBYE TO MASTER P AND SAY HELLO TO COACH P. YOU ...

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 ...

This summer, Chicago will experience a transformative cultural event when the IBUKUN Hip-Hop Art & Culture Fest launches on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Zhou B Art Center. Designed to engage ...

Ryan Coogler explains how he thought about hip-hop, dance, commodification, Black lineage, and his own family as he created ‘Sinners’ × Skip to main content ...

In one of the most talked-about moments of the 2025 American Music Awards, Eminem emerged victorious in two of the show’s biggest Hip-Hop categories, beating out fellow rap titan Kendrick Lamar ...

Atlanta's DJ Sense uses mainstream platforms like Hot 107.9 and SiriusXM to showcase positive hip-hop through his Chosen Journey brand.

Sacha Jenkins, a pioneering hip-hop journalist, documentarian, musician, producer, and director known for chronicling Black culture through film, music, and media, died May 23, due to ...