Fatman Scoop has died at age 53. Fatman Scoop, who was widely known rapper for his 1999 hit “Be Faithful,” is being remembered as a legend in the rap community after his death. The rapper, born Isaac ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sandrikas Mays, the mother of slain Jacksonville rapper “Julio Foolio,” told Newsweek in a recent interview that before his death, she begged her son to stop rapping out of fear ...

Julio Foolio’s mother, Sandrikas Mays, is blaming her son’s death on rap music. In a new interview with Newsweek, Mays opened up about her relationship with her late son and how he got into music. The ...

The hip-hop community was shaken to its core this weekend with the unexpected death of legendary rapper and hype man Fatman Scoop. The 53-year-old artist, whose real name was Isaac Freeman III, ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A new development in the shooting death of rapper Too Short's brother. Oakland police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of killing Wayne Shaw. Shaw is the older ...

The "In Da Club" rapper took to Instagram to pay his own kind of tribute to the late Murder Inc. founder, who was a close associate of his longtime rival, Ja Rule. By Kevin Dolak Rapper and hip-hop ...

Gene “Groove” Allen has died. Best known for his role in rap trio Groove B. Chill, Allen died Feb. 12 at his Maryland home, TMZ reported. He was 62. One of Allen’s family members told the outlet that ...

Welcome to Heat Check, a biweekly music column where AJC culture reporter DeAsia Paige explores the temperature of Georgia’s buzzing, expansive music scene. The column includes music news, trends and ...

Rapper and hip-hop world troll Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson took a moment to acknowledge the death of producer Irv Gotti this week by throwing one last bit of shade at the Murder Inc founder on Instagram, ...