Taking a brief look back at the genre, hip-hop was born from the competitive spirit of MCs going bar-for-bar at block parties ...

Rap and hip-hop music are in the spotlight once again, especially after the Grammy Awards and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX ...

The racially diverse terrain of the music trade allows the film to poke fun at contemporary race relations, and the collision of white and black culture provides some of the best laughs.

came to prominence on the LA rap scene in the late 1980s but skyrocketed to fame in the mid-90s when "Gangsta's Paradise" was used for the 1995 film "Dangerous Minds" starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

It’s 31 degrees with threat of a thunderstorm on the horizon when Ice Cube, one of the icons of the golden age of west coast gangsta rap takes to the stage.