Lil Poopy Is Not Signed to Epic Records; CEO L.A. Reid Says 'NO' Contrary to reports, Lil Poopy did not secure a deal with Epic Records. Lil Poopy Signs 4-Year Deal With Epic Records Lil Poopy Signs 4 ...

Aug. 11, 1973 is widely considered to be the day that hip-hop was born, when DJ Kool Herc brought out his "merry-go-round" style of record-spinning during a party at 1520 Sedgewick Ave., in the Bronx, ...

In recent years, Chris Brown and Rihanna's publicly troubled relationship created shocking headlines that repeatedly threatened to overload the Internet. But nothing they did was ever as literally ...

The past year has been an incredible 12 months for hip-hop. The entire year has been bursting with quality tracks, mixtapes and albums. It seems almost all of the big names dropped at least something, ...

Remember about 14 years ago when Making The Band was a thing for pretty much every network attempting to draw in viewership? Well, one of those shows, BET's Blowin' Up Fatty Koo recently resurfaced ...

For the past few years, XXL's Freshmen cyphers have garnered massive attention from hip-hop heads to rap newcomers. Since its inception in 2011, the cypher has become a staple for the brand. Rappers ...

Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty) has been hella busy taking the beauty and fashion industries by storm with the launches of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty, leaving her navy of fans to wonder if she ...

Think Kanye West's recent engagement and wedding to reality star Kim Kardashian ignited a crazy media spectacle? Imagine if he had done what music legend Sly Stone did on June 5, 1974 -- gotten ...

Among contemporary pop icons, Janet Jackson is a bit of an anomaly. Having long conquered the shadow cast by pop music’s most ubiquitous older brother, her career and discography is one of distinction ...

Back in the day, long before Instagram helped turned models into stars, there were rap videos. Arguably, one of the most popular models of that era is Gloria Velez, a New York born, Florida raised ...

Released around the time mainstream America first started to fall in love with hip-hop, 1984's 'Beat Street' is a film encompassing the three key elements of the movement: breakdancing, DJing and ...

Chris Brown is one of the most beloved and controversial singers of our time. He's proved that he's a remarkable force in R&B ever since the release of his self-titled debut album in 2005. Like his ...