On this day in Hip Hop history, the Jungle Brothers released their debut LP Straight Out the Jungle. As the first project of the illustrious Native Tongues collective, other members include De La Soul ...

N.W.A after Ice Cube left the group. From left to right: Yella, MC Ren (crouching), Eazy-E, and Dr. Dre. Credit: Sun-Times Media When N.W.A dropped their incendiary debut album, Straight Outta Compton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip-hop has made an indelible mark on Hollywood. Cuba Gooding, Jr., left, Laurence Fishburne and Ice Cube in a scene from "Boyz N ...

In the late 1980s, Los Angeles hip-hop group N.W.A created a sensation and controversy with their music, which was labeled gangsta rap. Like the group's story, the making of their much-anticipated ...

Warren G didn’t hold back his admiration for Eminem during a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, calling the Detroit lyricist “straight Hip-Hop” and placing him comfortably ...

Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in ...

*Tariq Nasheed’s latest documentary, “Microphone Check,” aims to set the record straight about hip-hop’s origins and foundational narrative. According to the press release, “Microphone Check” offers a ...