ATLANTA — Fans, family, and friends gathered Sunday evening to honor Atlanta hip-hop icon DJ Unk at a heartfelt vigil celebrating his life and legacy. Known to the world as the artist behind the 2006 ...

Hip hop was never supposed to follow the rules. It was built in defiance, born in the Bronx and raised on raw talent, struggle and an unshakable will to be heard. More than five decades later, the ...

Hip-hop icon Samantha Lawrence has died aged 55. The singer – famed for being part of duo Wee Papa Girl Rappers with her sister Sandra – was hit by her second cancer diagnosis earlier this year, and ...

Balancing her creativity with the responsibilities of her day-to-day life has been a challenge, but a worthwhile one for grace shinhae jun (who uses lowercase lettering in the spelling of her name).

In 1979, at the age of 20, native New Yorker Kurtis Blow paved the way for hip-hop artists when he became the first rapper to sign with a major record label, Mercury Records, and soon achieved ...