Kendrick Lamar, who led the 2026 Grammys with nine nominations, broke Jay-Z's record as the most-awarded rapper in the event's history after winning for Best Rap Album at the Feb. 1 ceremony.

Leon Thomas, who won a Grammy in 2024 as a writer on SZA’s hit “Snooze,” scored his first major solo hit last year with this moody and somewhat self-deprecating tune, which seamlessly blends ...

The Minnesota hip-hop duo will perform at The Observatory North Park in San Diego on Feb. 10 and at The Novo in Los Angeles on Feb. 12.

Papoose Helps Claressa Shields Train Ahead of Her Next Championship Fight Love, discipline, and championship focus are colliding in the […] The post Claressa Shields trains with Papoose ahead of ...

Kool & The Gang and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade are a match made in heaven. They are the longest-running R&B group in history. The parade is a cornerstone of the Thanksgiving celebration for ...

On this date in 1993, legendary Corona Queens crime rhyme specialist Kool G Rap and his longtime partner DJ Polo released their third and final collaborative album Live And Let Die on the Juice Crew’s ...

Jimmy “Super Rhymes” Spicer, whose 15-minute single “Adventure of Super Rhymes” is widely considered hip-hop’s first storytelling rap, died from cancer in 2019 in financial peril. As Russell Simmons’s ...

The event, hosted by the Paid in Full Foundation, awards funds to visionary artists who’ve helped shape the genre but never got their due Nas at the 3rd annual Hip Hop Grandmaster Awards, hosted by ...

Grammy Award-winning band Kool & The Gang will take the stage at Allegiant Stadium for halftime this Sunday when the Las Vegas Raiders host the Jacksonville Jaguars. Kool & the Gang has performed ...

Kool G Rap, Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), George Clinton (Parliament), Kool Rock Ski (Fat Boys), and Jalil Hutchins (Whodini) were honored. A hip-hop took celebration place Oct. 18 at the third annual ...

Late in the fourth quarter against the New York Giants, there was New Orleans Saints cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry putting the whole picture together. As the seconds on the play clock ticked down, ...