Spesh has challenged Jadakiss to a winner-take-all $500,000 lyrical showdown judged by Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, and Rakim.

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Big Daddy Kane says hearing Grandmaster Caz for the first time made him throw away his entire rhyme book, while LL Cool J's ...

Tossing verbal grenades back and forth with Roxanne Shanté, she helped establish a lasting hip-hop truism: Bad blood is good ...

Kool G Rap turns 58 today. The Juice Crew lyricist built mafioso rap out of Corona, Queens and left his fingerprints on Nas, ...

A Chicago institution, the Silver Room Sound System Block Party re-emerged at the Salt Shed with a lineup that included DJs, ...

Hip-hop's legendary lyricist is ready to drop 'Curtain Call,' his first solo album in nearly three decades. But his motive is bigger than music.

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Rap veterans Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are best known for “Tha Crossroads,” their 1996 tribute to late mentor and label head Eazy-E (Eric Wright), but it’s the gilded sidewalks of Hollywood where they’ll ...

Another year, another Roots Picnic on the books. This year, the legendary Roots crew staged the almost decades-old festival at Philadelphia’s Belmont Plateau, assembling a lineup that offered the best ...

A rock band, or even a country band for that matter, covering a rap song is nothing new these days. There have been entire albums made out of the concept. We've also been served package tours in ...

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