Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones, Pt. II” beat has been crowned as the greatest in the history of Hip-Hop. As part of its Hip-Hop’s ...

Many rap groups have come and gone, but few put their imprint on the genre like Mobb Deep. Coming out of the Queensbridge Houses of Queens, N.Y., the prodigious duo --consisting of Prodigy and ...

Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...

Production is the cornerstone that every rap song is built upon, and these beats are the best the genre has to offer. Debate at will.

Hip Hop loves being nostalgic. Many of today’s biggest artists pepper their music with callbacks and shout-outs to an earlier era. Everyone, it seems, longs for the feel of New York City in the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If rap is the new rock, then older rappers ought to inspire the same respect as classic rockers. But that’s not ...

Hip-hop storytelling is more than rhymes over beats — it’s a living tradition rooted in history, emotion, and social truth. From West African griots to Bronx street corners, rap narratives have ...