This year's playoff games have been soundtracked by regional hip-hop thanks to Erron Banks, a tapped-in veteran producer ...

And TNT’s coverage of the series has matched the ... An LA native, Banks is a lifelong hip-hop fan who was first exposed to the genre by his mother. “She still says to this day, ‘I couldn ...

This time around, rising stars Queen Key, Salma Slims and music producer 24hrs join the cast as newcomers this season.

SAM CARTER DISCOVERED IT TOOK GRIT AND DETERMINATION NOT ONLY OF THE OWNERS OF THE HIP HOP SWEET SHOP, BUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY SERVE. THE HIP HOP SWEET SHOP HAS HAD A LONG JOURNEY ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from JID, Leikeli47, and Stormzy. Okay, so, I fudged it a bit. JID didn’t put out a new single this week, per se, but he did put ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Sacha Jenkins was more than a journalist. He was a fearless cultural architect who helped shape Hip-Hop media on his own terms. A few years ago, I had the privilege and honor to sit on a panel ...

There were 57 musicians in all. "At the time as we know it, the largest gathering of musicians for one photo," said Jonathan Rheingold, the curator of "Hip Hop's Greatest Day," a photo exhibition ...