After applying Pressure in January, the rapper/producer duo comprising West Coast emcee Showtime Ramon and NY-based beatmaker ProjectPorter are back in the fold with a brand new project titled Gemspit ...

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El Paso author Ron Stallworth’s latest memoir is being developed as a streaming series on Hulu, the entertainment website ...

E's name is often synonymous with the high-octane world of West Coast rap, there's more to the Compton legend than just speed and power. Let’s dive into a less-celebrated aspect of his automotive ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Joy Postell and Jastin Martin. After an explosive start to the year between the Grammys, Super Bowl, SNL 50 and NBA All-Star ...

The killings abruptly ended a formative and fruitful moment in mainstream gangster rap amid a tangled East Coast-West Coast ...

The rapa musical genre that unites rhythm And wordshas deep roots, a rebellious soul and has crossed decades evolving into ...

She played the rapper music as a child, stood by him during his career and navigated the legal and artistic questions that ...

A west Belfast man has been remembered as a “true gentleman who touched the hearts of everyone he met” after his death following a fall from an apartment block in Dunmurry. Rap artist Malachi ...

The rivalry bled deep, spanning not just the East Coast-West Coast "gangsta rap" competition roiling hip-hop at the time, but the larger turf war at the center of Los Angeles street life.