Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Similarly, Pete Rock is one of boom-bap, ’90s era hip-hop’s most vaunted and respected producers. He, too, has hip-hop canon-level ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, Chicago icon Common released his fifth studio album Electric Circus, a project that still divides fans but has earned lasting respect for its ambition and bravery.

LOS ANGELES -- The evolution will be televised. The new documentary, "Hip-Hop and the White House" explores the relationship between the music genre of hip-hop and the politicians who shape the ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There was a time when the pairing of rapper Common and producer Pete Rock ...