MC Lyte

Over the last year, more and more rappers have been playing major roles on televisions. Whether they created the shows themselves or are acting in them, plenty of rhyme slingers are jumping from the recording studio to your living room. 50 Cent is gearing up to premiere his new television series, but he's not the only one with a new show...

Queen Bey shook the world at midnight last night, dropping her new self-titled fifth solo album out of absolutely nowhere, complete with 18 music videos and features from hubby Jay Z, Drake and lil baby Blue Ivy. The new album is steeped in the kind of gritty Houston sound that permeated her last single "Bow Down," and delivers a distinctly hip-hop vibe with some areas where she's unmist

BET just celebrated the past year in hip-hop with its two-hour BET Hip-Hop Awards, and it brought many of the rap game's leading lights out to Atlanta's Civic Center. Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, DJ Khaled all took in the show and took the stage at the event late last month, and each features as part of one of the highs—or lows—of the broadcast. XXL compil...

Twitter definitely erupted with tweets during the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Flooding the social site with commentary surrounding the happenings of the show, many of the rap game's top MCs weighed in surprisingly giving praises to their competitors...

Happy birthday to the rap pioneer.

As a species, there are few of us that have been blessed with the special genetic cocktail that seems to stem the tide of aging over our bodies. If you are one of those few that hit the genetic lottery, you seem to forever seem as if you are twenty-two years old...

MC Lyte is back on the press trail with her new single "Cravin'" and the announcement that she'll be honored with the I Am Hip-Hop Award at next month's BET Hip-Hop Awards, and she stopped by Houston's Majic 102.1 to talk about current hip-hop and her new scholarship program...

By any metric, MC Lyte is a pioneer in hip-hop, one that—along with Salt-N-Pepa—helped pave the way for female MCs with her debut album, 1988's Lyte As A Rock. She then went on to create a series of Gold albums, grab a Grammy nomination in 2003 and have her diary, turntable and records donated to the Smithsonian. Now, after 25 y...

September 13, 1996 is a day that will forever be immortalized in hip-hop history as the day a legend left us. Tupac Shakur was 25 years old at the time of his death 17 years ago, leaving behind a legacy as rich in lyricism as it was in attitude, a man who helped define a sound and who led a movement, who is widely considered one of the best rappers of all time and one of the most engaging personal

BET will honor Brooklyn's own MC Lyte with its I Am Hip-Hop Award at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards September 28 in Atlanta, according to Billboard. She joins an illustrious list of former honorees, including Rakim, Russell Simmons, Grandmaster Flash and Salt-N-Pepa...

Rappers get animated.

BET is looking to expand their reality television shows selections by putting four unscripted pilots into development this year. One of them is a new reality show featuring MC Lyte, The Lady Of Rage, Yo Yo, Smooth, Monie Love and Lil Mama titled Hip-Hop Sisters...