A founder of Murder Inc. Records, he helped launch the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was credited as a producer on 28 ...

Famed music executive Irv Gotti, founder of hip-hop label Murder Inc. which produced superstars including Ashanti and Ja Rule ...

Kendrick Lamar and Drake have engaged in a prolonged feud of diss tracks. The latest? Drake has sued, and Lamar performed ...

Controversial American rapper, Kanye West, has said that he does not listen to rap music anymore. According to him, rappers ...

Since the Eighties, Miami has been deeply intertwined with hip-hop culture. The city has produced artists such as 2 Live Crew ...

Since Roc Nation’s partnership with the N.F.L., hip-hop stars like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar have been center stage at ...

“Love & Hip Hop: Miami” airs Season 6 Episode 13 tonight, Monday, February 10 at 8 p.m. with a live broadcast on VH1. You can ...

Gotti, born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. in Queens, got his start as a talent scout in the mid-1990s, bringing future superstars DMX and Jay-Z to Def Jam. He was an executive producer on DMX's debut ...

Drake is suing his record label, Universal Music Group, for promoting Kendrick Lamar's diss track “Not Like Us.” Here's what ...

Rapsody is the third female rapper to win Best Melodic Rap Performance, following Lauryn Hill, who won the award in 1999 for ...

Libyan authorities have clamped down on rap music for violating "moral rules." Artists fear a return to cultural repression, ...

Rap music was forbidden under longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi, who was in power until 2011Image: Abdel Magid Al Fergany/AP Photo/picture alliance Yet, it seems that this could have been the last time.