Hip-Hop Wired caught up with the New Orleans native at Dreamville Festival sharing with us his strong commitment to critiquing the state of the music, and announced a new project.

The Mixtape Exhibit explores the impact and influence that hip-hop music and culture has had on the world since it was ...

Hip-hop is, in part, a response to this history. At its best, hip-hop documents American life more reliably than American history. Some academic publishers have started to embrace this reality.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Ken Carson, Lil Yachty and Sexyy Red.

Hiip-Hop’s origins at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue are the location of a fierce fight in which the NY city claims a mural violates ...

It’s not the return of the Soundset festival that local hip-hop fans have been hoping for, but homegrown indie-rap duo Atmosphere will perform again at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this year with ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Gelo, and Gunna. Although Doechii’s re-released fan favorite, “Anxiety,” isn’t technically a new song ...

A legal battle has ensued over artwork covering a sidewalk shed that is widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop.

With the loss of multi-talented instrumentalist Roy Ayers, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84, the hip-hop world is honoring one of its greatest inspirations and sample sources. Hip-hop ...

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 ...