Don't believe everything your earlobe catches: 2014 was chock-full of good rap music. It was a year where dynamic duos like Killer Mike and El-P, Royce Da 5'9" and DJ Premier, YG and DJ Mustard, and ...

2014 is coming to a close and the year in hip-hop did not disappoint. Rappers gave us plenty of hits (and misses), from Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's extravagant dream wedding to Bobby Shmurda's ...

2014: Drake reaches deep into the well of his superstar talent by taking the reins as the host for the 2014 ESPY Awards. Starting things off on a strong note, Drizzy opened up with a hilarious ...

Dr. Dre, Diddy and Jay-Z. Producer Dr. Dre earned the biggest crown in Forbes magazine’s “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” 2014 list, which was released this week. The annual list ranks the highest-earning hip-hop ...

With his last musical guest, Stephen Colbert made a bold statement. "My guest tonight is considered by many to be one of the best rappers in the world," he said in introducing Kendrick Lamar. The ...

Hip-hop had a bad year when it came to album sales as no projects went platinum in 2014, but when it comes to streaming services, hip-hop reigns supreme. While hip-hop and R&B music made up just 14 ...

Next month you’re going to be up to your neck in “Year’s Best” lists. It’s been a bizarre year for music, especially hip-hop. But while much of the rap world spent the year hung up on debating a white ...

If someone told me in 2010 that big names of Korean underground hip-hop would collaborating with chart-topping idols by 2014, I would’ve told them to take their jokes elsewhere. K-pop and real hip-hop ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this article had a number of factual errors -- primarily misspellings -- that have since been corrected. In 2006, one of rap’s most grand ...

In 2025, Mass Appeal launched the Legend Has It...campaign that repackages hip-hop class acts as a label asset class and long ...

Purists and casual listeners alike would probably agree that 2014 failed to deliver on a number of hip-hop promises that could’ve lit the year aflame. Ye’s Yeezus follow-up never manifested itself; ...

2014 will and should be remembered as a year of blockbuster independent hip-hop albums. The lack of any major releases from Jay Z, Nas, Kanye West or Drake, the stalling of Lil Wayne’s next and ...