We’ve all seen the news reports, the e-blurbs, paper clippings and everything in between. People are scrambling to get things under control and others are just scrambling for their livelihoods, while the so-called pundits of the music world and, of course, people with no semblance of knowledge or actual fact are basing this phenomenon solely from word of mouth and other such jibba jabba. What was once considered a taboo side hustle has now become a lucrative business of sorts, with hip hop as the central inspiration (or culprit, if you will) behind it. After its explosion people saw how seemingly ...

Jay-Z’s empire is once again expanding. His 40/40 franchise, in a partnership with Delaware North Companies, will now be popping up at airports across the United ...

It's too bad that that Lil Kim-Nicki Minaj dis "Black Friday" was such a nonevent. I was hoping Lil Kim would get in that ass, ...

For more than 20 years, Ralph Lauren’s Polo brand has been a staple of hip-hop fashion. Countless name drops, regional reinventions and a timeless style ...

Hip-hop journalist and political activist Kevin Powell has signed a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster to release a biography on Tupac Shakur. The book, aptly ...