The 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards aired tonight, and, in addition to the highly anticipated performances and cyphers, there were also a few awards to be handed out.

Today marks the start of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Entering its ninth year, it started at a time when the eyes of the hip-hop nation weren’t as glued to the culture’s birthplace as it once was, ...

Rapper Nas is behind a first-of-its-kind academic fellowship at Harvard University.

Hip-hop has transformed music, and the world at large, since it was conceived 50 years ago. In a relatively short time, it's made a massive impact on every aspect of pop culture — and fortunately, ...