The lead singer revealed the song was developed around the guitar solo from John Frusciante. “All those ideas were in the air ...

I’ve long known, thanks to numerous interviews with composer Grant Kirkhope, that the DK Rap was always intended to be a bit ...

With a slew of A-list features and an early placement on the latest NBA 2K soundtrack, many hip-hop boards transfixed on the ...

The unconventional actor is releasing a new hip-hop album, the latest unlikely new string to his bow, but the big surprise is that he might actually be great ...

Clean rap songs have become essential for classrooms, family trips, parties, and workplace events where explicit lyrics are not appropriate. They offer the same energetic beats, clever wordplay, and ...

Remember the first time a 90s rap track hit you so hard you had to rewind it? That feeling never gets old. From the raw boom bap of New York to the smooth G-funk rolling out of Compton, the 90s gave ...

‘Hip hop marmalade, Spic ‘N Span, met you one summer and it all began.’ LFO’s “Summer Girls” was a 1999 hit with bizarre, widely ridiculed lyrics. Critics and fans describe the song’s verses as ...

A rock band, or even a country band for that matter, covering a rap song is nothing new these days. There have been entire albums made out of the concept. We've also been served package tours in ...

I first heard DMX speak those words in November of 1998. “Slippin’” was the lead single off of his sophomore album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, and it carried a powerful message, for me, at ...

Jay Bryant reportedly pleaded guilty in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay. Bryant, 52, pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge nearly 24 years after the famous member of the rap pioneer ...

To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day, here are some of The Root’s favorite rap love songs. While hip-hop is often characterized by its bravado and aggression, the genre has also flourished ...

Those who grew up in the 1990s know how influential the year 1999 was. For a decade as musically eclectic as any before it, the 1990s opened up with gangsta rap and grunge rock, but it ended much ...