The Courant’s arts picks for Feb. 16-22 include Boston-based hip-hop and blues acts, a benefit for trans rights, The Lox ...

Idowu Steven, popularly known as SteeveBars, is a promising rapper dedicated to advancing the rap genre within the music industry. In this interview by SEYI SOKOYA, he discusses his career and shares ...

Well, guys, everything has consequences and repercussions, but I think we’re ready for it. JAY-Z receives a lot of hatred ...

ATLANTA — Two iconic Atlanta groups, OutKast and The Black Crowes, have been nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll ...

Just 54, the longtime music executive was robbed of the chance to truly grow old, a theme far too common these days, especially in Hip-Hop.

It’s remarkable that an artist whose work is so deeply political and who hasn’t chased pop stardom was picked to perform at ...

Ahead of Kendrick Lamar's headline performance at the Super Bowl half-time show, we explore the rapper's journey from the ...

Kendrick Lamar will perform at the Super Bowl 59 halftime show. He joins the likes of Beyonce, U2 and more who previously ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

A History of Hip Hop Sampling with John Morrison and Josh Leidy is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch.

I can’t remember how old I was when I heard The Pack’s “Vans” for the first time, but I’m sure I’ve been rapping the hook back to myself ever since. “I got my Vans on but they look like sneakers.” To ...

The list we present here follows love’s movement through nearly four decades of hiphop, from Man Parrish to Missy Elliott.