hip-hop

Last week Beanie Sigel unleashed the Jay-Z diss track 'Average Cat,' which hit home hard enough to illicit a response from the Brooklyn rapper. Sigel's recent mission to salt old Roc-A-Fella wounds didn't stop there. Sigel has become chummy with part-time Jay-Z hater 50 Cent, but not just for the sake of beef -- there was business at hand...

Police in the United Kingdom are cracking down on hip-hop and some are crying foul. According to reports, close to 300 London clubs and venues are being forced to fill out surveys on the style of music they promote. Officially known as Form 696, the survey specifically focuses on "large promoted events between 10PM and 4AM which feature MCs and DJs performing to recorded backing tracks... Rea

North Carolina producer and NAACP representative, 9th Wonder, took it upon himself to respond to disparaging comments made by legendary soul singer Gladys Knight recently. "It definitely has not elevated us as African-Americans, because we show disrespect for our partners, men and women," Knight complained...

For decades, hip-hop historians have claimed that rap music was born in the Bronx and fathered by Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc, but a new documentary draws the Bronx story into question. In 'Founding Fathers,' filmmakers Ronald Lawrence and Hassan Pore make a case for "the original grandmaster," Grandmaster Flowers...

Revered R&B singer Anita Baker is releasing an album with some surprising guest artists next year, according to reports. The record will feature a combination of live performances and new music Baker wrote for other singers, as well as collaborations with contemporary artists, including the unlikely pairing of eight-time Grammy winner Baker and rapper Snoop Dogg. Th...