The history of rap music, all things considered, doesn't go back too far. The genre came out of New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it was about a decade before it got its footing.

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Hip-hop’s original storyteller, Slick Rick has carried the narrative torch for over three decades. The best Slick Rick songs reveal how. Born on January 14, 1965, Richard Martin Lloyd Walters ...

Denzel Curry is a very common name in hip-hop, but more or less for the wrong reasons. Denzel first hit the scene as a member of a teenage rap group called “Project Mayhem,” alongside his friend and ...

With a PhD in emotional honesty, she keeps it street and soulful. The best Mary J Blige songs show why the singer remains a unique force in R&B. Over the course of her decades-spanning discography ...

Doechii checks off a career milestone in early 2025 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as her Alligator Bites Never ...

This smooth, storytelling song from Warren G and Nate Dogg epitomizes the 1990s G-funk sound that emerged from West Coast ...

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Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, aka the Real Slim Shady, is undoubtedly one of the most influential rappers of all time. While ...