Fans won’t have to wait another eight more years for a new album from famed Queens lyricist Pharoahe Monch. It was announced today that the ...

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Once signed to Dr. Dre’s former label, Death Row, under Suge Knight’s regime, Crooked I never got to work hands on with the super producer ...

As an up-and-coming MC from the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jay Rock has no reservations in making it clear that his career was heavily ...

I’m not old enough to remember South L.A.'s 1580 KDAY (not well at least) but I’m well versed in the history of hip-hop enough to ...

On the heels of their reunion concert in Atlanta last month, the original members of Goodie Mob are hitting the road together for the first ...