Snoop Dogg recently saluted the East Coast for having the biggest impact on hip-hop. On Tuesday (May 2), Snoop Dogg joined Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim on ESPN's First Take and during a rapid-fire ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs casts a long shadow over the history of hip hop. One of the industry’s first moguls, his work as an A&R executive, label boss, rapper and producer made him both extravagantly ...

From the disco samples of old school hip hop to the deadpan delivery of today's drill, American hip hop has morphed in every direction over its 50-year history, defying categorization. Still, patterns ...

On this day in 1995, West Coast hip-hop trio Tha Alkaholiks released their sophomore album, Coast II Coast, solidifying their place as one of their era’s most underrated but highly respected groups.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Light-Years comes from a hip-hop galaxy far, far away, where the stuttering sound of records being scratched is ...

LOS ANGELES — As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West ...

Rising West Coast lyricist Ray Vaughn has shed light on the behind-the-scenes guidance he’s received from Kendrick Lamar amid his lyrical clash with Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$—a battle that has ...