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*Mainstream music has grown more competitive. Hip-hop and R&B no longer control the outsized share of charts they held for years. Pop and country have surged in visibility and commercial power, ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, West Coast stoner legends Cypress Hill dropped their second and most successful album, Black ...

DJ Bigga Rankin, one of Southern rap's most influential tastemakers and mixtape pioneers, has reportedly passed away. His ...

Reflecting on how his musical tastes changed in his 60s, former league MVP Charles Barkley explained why he officially transitioned away from rap music in favor of country artists like ...

Notably, more music is being streamed than ever before, both in the U.S. and globally. In terms of genre: The combination of ...

"As long as the music is fast, as long as the music is good enough for people to dance to, with a nice hook on it, [it could achieve mass appeal.]" — Rob Base, explaining the crossover success of his ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59. Base, whose real name was Robert Ginyard, was best ...

Rob Base’s death at the age of 59 has shocked and saddened generations of hip-hop fans. The Harlem native was one half of Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, who scored big hits in the late 1980s with “Joy and ...

(KTLA) – Hip-hop star Rob Base passed away on Friday at age 59 following a battle with cancer, according to an announcement on the artist’s social media page. “Rob’s music, energy, and legacy helped ...