It’s spooky season and when October rolls around, hip-hop fans know the season is not just about costumes and candy, it is about eerie beats, dark storytelling, and the kind of energy that lives ...
Listen to new must-hear R&B/hip-hop songs from artists like Halle & Chloe Bailey, Shenseea, Mariah the Scientist, The BLK LT$, RZA, and Queen Naija.
Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is hardly in question. Half a century after the genre’s birth, the GRAMMY Museum celebrated the lovechild of funk and DJ culture with an expansive ...
Listen to new must-hear songs from R&B/hip-hop artists like Toosii, NBA YoungBoy, Danny Brow, Peezy, Cardo Got Wings, Jay ...
San Antonio’s hip-hop scene has a fresh dose of nostalgia and nerdy charm thanks to Gross Angel, a local rapper who’s mixing ...
The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Shot Callin," at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was ...
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...
You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at rec ...
Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...
Earlier this week, Christian hip-hop radio brand BOOST Radio launched in Austin. BOOST will play on Austin's already ...