Debra Filcman

Records by Public Enemy, Prince and Xzibit were released on Oct. 1 in hip-hop history.

Tupac fights against police brutality, Raekwon grabs the spotlight and we celebrate the birth of Will Smith and Donald Glover.

On Sept. 17, Mariah Carey stunned once again with her vocal range, MC Lyte went in a new direction and Jay-Z tops the soundtrack for a Martin Lawrence comedy.

After distancing himself from the Eminem track on which he appears, Justin Vernon is taking it a step further — alleging plans to "kill" the track.

This day in hip-hop history features Naughty by Nature's misunderstood classic, Babyface's emotional entreaties, Shaggy's post-military raunch and more.

Run-DMC's cover of Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way' helped them break into the mainstream in 1986, but it wasn't their choice to record it.

This day in hip-hop history includes the release of Mary J. Blige's debut record, EPMD's classic Business Never Personal and LL Cool J's standoff with a shark.

On this day in hip-hop history, Bow Wow grows up, Ice Cube becomes a movie star, and Charlie Murphy is born.

After the death of Joe Jackson, members of his family and other stars issued statements about his life on social media.

A tweet from Joe Jackson, who has been hospitalized with terminal cancer, seemed to acknowledge that he has little time left.