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Kanye West wants to be called Ye now and he believes that Trump is a hero. On the eve of the release of 'Yandhi,' we look at how 2013's 'Yeezus' signaled a shift in Kanye West's mindset and music.

Gilbert "Toker" Izquierdo, one of the original members of the group Brownside, has passed away. His family confirmed the news on the rapper's Instagram page and on the group’s Instagram and ...

Throughout its history, hip-hop has provided the world with plenty of headlines. We're taking a look at the most important events in the genre's history that have taken place in each year since 1973.

As summer winds down, many adults reminisce about their childhoods. If you are currently in your late-20s or early-30s, around this time twenty years ago, you were probably getting ready for a ...

Erykah Badu has been hailed the Queen of Neo-Soul since her 1997 debut, Baduizm, but that didn’t stop Prince from telling her to step her music game up. Badu then went into full details about ...

Remember about 14 years ago when Making The Band was a thing for pretty much every network attempting to draw in viewership? Well, one of those shows, BET's Blowin' Up Fatty Koo recently ...

On August 3, 1995, amid rising tensions between Sean “Diddy” Combs’ burgeoning Bad Boy empire and Suge Knight’s menacing collective of Death Row inmates, literal outcasts André “André ...

Remember the 1995 Source Awards, when OutKast got booed, prompting Andre 3000 to grab the mic and declare that— "The south got something to say"? Yes, he was likely referencing his Dungeon ...

In the early 2000's you couldn't turn on your radio without hearing a Ja Rule and Ashanti song. Their albums and singles as individual artists were successful, but when they joined forces, they ...

It’s May 1993, and the key acts on Uptown Records' roster – Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Heavy D., Christopher Williams and Father MC – are assembled at Universal Studios for a major moment in ...