The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but ...

For anyone who considers themselves "genre agnostic," this book is for you. Author Kelefa Sanneh has compiled granular reporting on the history of rock, R&B, hip hop, dance, country, pop ...

Flash forward to Jan. 18., the rapper, who called people "stupid motherf**kers" for voting for Trump, headlined an inauguration event called the Crypto Ball where he, along with Rick Ross and Soulja ...

Marwan Moussa has become one of the biggest names in Arabic rap. Now, he's getting vulnerable and setting his sights even higher ...

The rapper-producer details his busiest year yet, including collaborations with Nettspend, xaviersobased, and Slimesito.

Celebrate Black History month by reading the best romance novels, thrillers, and nonfiction from these prolific Black authors ...

Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. "I'm a fast writer," Roberts told The Associated Press in a rare interview. She ...

Even if Denver is not widely known as a hip-hop destination, these artists are keeping the genre alive at a Mile High.

Rap could have faded into the ether, like disco. Just because Blondie scored a major hit with “Rapture” in 1980, and groundbreaking work from Afrika Bambaataa, LL Cool J, Run-DMC, NWA, and Public ...

Sarah Chihaya’s unconventional memoir charts her troubled relationship with the literature that formed her.

Jay-Z said two books have completely changed his life. He shared the lessons he took from each of these works.

A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding. By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his ...