From Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé and more, these were the biggest headlines across R&B, hip-hop and African genres this year.

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...

Rather than simply a genre, hip-hop is a culture – one chiefly expressed and disseminated through rap music. That notion of “keeping it real” – has been at its core. As ever with popular ...

which became the backbone of hip-hop music. While Herc brought a unique flair and style to the Bronx, the practice of rapping ...