Roy Orbison had a complicated rollercoaster of a career, in which great success and immense tragedy seemed to go hand in hand ...

Born on this day in 1984 was Jason DeFord, better known as Jelly Roll. After years of struggling, he is now a country music ...

Michele Geister, the original creator and producer of RapCity, joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to look back on how the show came to be.

BAY AREA LEADERS AND GAY RIGHTS advocates gathered in San Francisco to honor community members and commemorate World AIDS Day ...

TELLY favourite Holly Willoughby has been charged with driving without due care and attention. The former This Morning host’s ...

Black women have been the heartbeat of hip-hop for decades, from MC Lyte's groundbreaking debut album to Megan Thee Stallion's cultural phenomenon, they have shifted conversations, set trends, and ...

A Brooklyn art gallery is facing a federal lawsuit after allegedly using a copyrighted photograph of Jay-Z to sell collectible figurines modeled after the rap icon.

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The violent firebug accused of setting a young woman ablaze Monday on a Chicago train was previously nabbed for an arson attack on a government building just as Gov. J.B. Pritzker was due to speak ...

In the summer of 1988, in Marin City, California, Tupac Shakur was the 17-year-old king of rap battles. Known as 2Pac, he was a prodigy – throw him any topic and he could rap ab ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.