On this day in 2006, Lumumba Carson, better known as Professor X of X-Clan, passed away at 49 years old due to complications ...

Hip-hop started as the political voice of the disenfranchised African-American youth: from its origins in New York projects, to permeating the sounds of the Deep South and the sunny climes of the ...

A new generation of artists has rewritten the definition of rap to make the genre a cultural powerhouse yet again.

Hop's political movement before the rise of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, only to be pushed aside by major moguls like Russell Simmons and Diddy.

Roy Ayers was a beloved sample source who made it a point to collaborate with rappers as the genre rose to prominence ...