"I'm just a study of hip-hop," the Atlanta legend tells PEOPLE in celebration of hip-hop's 50th anniversary this month Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working ...

Sam Collier is a child of hip-hop and R&B. Growing up, the 35-year-old pastor of Story Church Atlanta fed on the music of Tupac, Biggie and OutKast. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Collier first ...

On the surface, country music might not seem to have a whole lot in common with genres like hip-hop and R&B. For one thing, the latter two styles are more often associated with city life, while ...

Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in ...

We can't talk about the greatest rappers to come out of the golden age of hip-hop without mentioning Fat Joe. The Puerto Rican and Cuban rapper from the Bronx, NY, has undoubtedly had a major impact ...

D.C. hip-hop pioneer Joshua Culbreath, a.k.a. Black Indian, died on Jan. 17 at the untimely age of 45. Culbreath was a larger-than-life figure both musically and stylistically, and was one of the ...

The ISO Supremacy/PULSE Records artist ultimately walked back the tweet, saying he meant to say “I’m not SOLELY a Hip-Hop artist.” Tommy Richman had a massive hit this year with “MILLION DOLLAR BABY,” ...