On this day in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their first album on the quintessential yet now-defunct Hip-Hop label Cold Chillin’ Records.

Over the past decade, several albums have not only dominated the charts and warranted rave reviews, but many also culminated ...

"Conductor, we have a problem!" Wiz Khalifa, who went from the rap blogs to mainstream superstardom, has gone back to the ...

Even young kids are familiar with the Beatles who broke up several generations before they were born (which was 55 years ago, ...

Baron Davis, the South Central L.A. legend, is navigating the transition of life after hoops with his second love: rapping.

Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “ Not Like Us, ” which is currently one of the most popular songs in the world. Curiously enough, throughout music history, most of the songs that ...

Welcome to Listening Habits, a new column where I share the music I’ve been fixated on recently. In the first quarter of the ...