1. He was born in Morocco and raised in the Bronx. Karim Kharbouch, a.k.a. French Montana, was born in Casablanca and moved to New York at 13. He didn’t speak English when he landed—but fast-forward, ...

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Known for their unique alternative hip-hop sound, The Pharcyde are golden children of classic West Coast rap. The four-piece ensemble, featuring Slimkid3 Tre, Imani, Fatlip and Bootie Brown, ...

The Rock the Bells Festival, presented LL Cool J showcased some of the genre’s best from the 1980s and 1990s at Prudential Center in Newark.

The Capital Concert Series returned on Wednesday. People came together to celebrate hip hop culture and enjoy food and music.

The “Ready or Not” singer may not fit into today’s music economy, and she may not be actively trying to be relevant, but her name carries weight.

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We named the sharp-edged, hip-hop-tinged electronic rockers Lip Critic a Band To Watch last year on the strength of debut album Hex Dealer. Today they’re back with their first new music in over a year ...

The album features incarcerated or formerly incarcerated artists on 16 tracks — many of them recorded via the jail’s phone ...

When Aubrey Drake Graham faced the cameras in the 2008 movie Degrassi Spring Break Movie as Jimmy Brooks, he had no idea that ...

In the latest edition of Rolling Stone's indie-rap column No Filler we talk to Ovrkast, and review new albums from Bruiser Wolf, McKinley Dixon, and Rocky Snyda ...

"We’re helping hip-hop and classical music grow and expand beyond their boundaries," Cypress Hill's "Sen Dog" says.