It's impossible to tell the history of any genre in a single article, but these 20 songs provide a roadmap for listening... and further exploration.
Featuring hits such as ‘In Da Club’ and ‘21 Questions’, the ‘50 Cent Best Of’ is due for release on 24 March.
8 May 1965. When DA Pennebaker pointed his camera at Bob Dylan in a London alley, did he realise he was making what many consider to be the most influential music video...
We’ve put together our pick of the best hip hop albums. Take a look and find out whether an album you love has made it onto our top 10 hip hop albums.
The Weeknd occupies both of the top two positions on this week's Hot 100, and thus joins a unique club including the Beatles and only eight other artists.
iTunes has launched a 50 Legendary American Albums promotion, with some of the greatest moments in rock, rap, country, pop and soul of the past six decades.
The new global hip-hop/R&B campaign from Universal Music Group on iTunes includes ‘2001,’ the landmark multi-platinum set by Dr. Dre from November 1999.
Eminem’s entire Interscope catalogue is being rush-released as a limited edition vinyl box set on March 23, 2015 — and you can pre-order yours here.
Alongside Sam Smith's quadruple victory, wins by Universal releases at the 2015 Grammys included releases by Beck, Rosanne Cash and Glen Campbell.
iTunes has launched its iTunes Greatest Hits campaign, featuring hit-filled best-of albums by a huge variety of stars like Sinatra, Elton and Stevie Wonder.
Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’ to be the UK’s most-streamed track. The 2012 smash has now been streamed an astonishing 26.6 million times.
Eminem has become the first artist to hit ten million US sales and streams with two separate singles, ‘Not Afraid’ and ‘Love the Way You Lie’ with Rihanna.
Eminem took the Super Bowl by storm last night featuring in the brand new two-minute Chrysler ad.
With the coming of the new millennium it was obvious that hip-hop had come a long way and now became a commercial powerhouse in mainstream culture.
With the likes of DMX, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nelly, and 2Pac all selling albums in their tens of millions, hip-hop around the early 1990s became a game changer.
