Q-Tip

The year was 1993. Hip-hop, only about 20 years old, was dipped in gold. It had reached around the world, a long journey from its origins as a culture created by the improvising youth of New York City. On Nov. 9, A Tribe Called Quest -- Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (by this point original member Jarobi had become the "sometimes 'Y'") -- delivered their third studio album, '

Busta Rhymes has released another single from his upcoming 'E.L.E. 2 (Extinction Level Event 2)' and it's a good one. 'Thank You' features fellow old-timer Q-Tip, fellow Cash Money member Lil Wayne and Kanye West, and it's a long way from sounding like '#TwerkIt.'

Talk about bridging the gap. Rapper Q-Tip and civil rights icon Harry Belafonte appear together in Gap’s 2013 Holiday ad campaign. For the initiative, music celebs like Tony Bennett, Kenna, Cyndi Lauper and Billy Porter are enlisted to spread the social media message of #MakeLove.

Even the greatest things have to come to an end at some point. Q-Tip revealed on Twitter that A Tribe Called Quest's final two shows will be openers on the Yeezus tour this November.

Hiatus Kaiyote is one of Australia's best new musical exports (after Tame Impala and Flumes, of course). Although describing their sound as "Future Soul," the four-piece Melbourne outfit have already weaved their way into the hip-hop community off the strength of co-signs from the likes of Mac Miller and Chance the Rapper.

Hip-hop and Valentine's Day go together like the cast members of Love & Hip-Hop. Which is to say, well, not that swimmingly. But whatever. Some of the genre's most enduring contributions, in any era, have been songs about the ladies. Fr...

Jay-Z has officially joined President Obama's campaign, appearing in a new "Power of the Voice" advertisement. Watch Jiggaman's words on the prez to the right. T.I. responded to the recent Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy war of words in a recent interview, explaining his part in the beef...

The 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards honored fallen music executive Chris Lighty Tuesday night (Oct. 9), uniting enemies and bringing friends together on one stage. LL Cool J, an artist signed to Lighty's Violator Management company, commenced the tribute by calling out the fact that the music mogul was "my friend...

While Rick Ross and Young Jeezy's beef at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards was big news this weekend, Game got himself kicked out of Lil Wayne's birthday party in L.A., for punching rapper 211. Singers Miguel and Lloyd got into a little Twitter scrape earlier this year...

Kanye West wrestles with one of hip-hop's more notable messianic complexes, and on the cover of Complex magazine's August/September issue, he and his G.O.O.D. Music crew play it for all its worth. Designed by the rapper's DONDA design firm and photographer NABIL, the image features head shots of Yeezy and seven affiliates arranged in the shape of a crucifix...