A "female rapper" is a rapper. So to highlight all of the great rap songs from women over the years, we ranked the most classic cuts over the last 38 years of great hip-hop records. There's some ...

With Tupac Shakur's massive output, sometimes it's easy to forget that some of his best work was on soundtracks, not albums. And when you think about his film career, it makes sense. While his ...

Kanye West is notable for many reasons. When it comes to his rapping, though, he wasn't always the celebrated figure he is today. He had some fantastic moments in the early years of his career ...

While it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when it was that Southern Hip-Hop seeped into the collective consciousness of the rap industry and asserted its dominance, only one crew can lay claim to ...

TLC's Left Eye made headlines when she burned down her boyfriend Andre Rison's mansion.

We're taking a look at the most important events in the genre's history that have taken place in each year since 1973.

The music world was shocked on Oct. 18, 1974 when Al Green was doused with a boiling pot of grits by girlfriend Mary Woodson. Green was about to shower at his Memphis home when Woodson scalded him ...

From Pon de Replay to Work, we're digging deep into the Barbados superstar's discography to rank all the times she nailed reggae music.

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From Will Smith, Queen Latifah and Ice Cube, to Sticky Fingaz and Eve, we've ranked the rappers-turned-actors.

Funk legend Sly Stone got married in front of 21,000 fans at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden on June 5, 1974.

The Boombox is celebrating 50 female artists who pushed R&B forward in the 1990s.