Yesterday (Jan. 1), the hip hop world was stunned to learn that Gangsta Boo, a true pioneer for southern rap and music as a whole, had passed away at the age of 43. Fellow Three 6 Mafia and Hypnotize ...

On this day in 1991, Ice-T—one of Hip Hop’s most influential voices and a true gangsta rap pioneer—released his fourth studio album, O.G. Original Gangster. Dropping via Sire/Warner Bros. Records, ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Anthony Nelson’s dreams were coming true. It was the early 1990s and the Oakland native, who had been rapping since elementary school, was making a name for himself. He’d recorded with Too Short, ...

“I have a boyfriend,” answers Gangsta Boo when asked what we can expect to learn from her participation in WeTV’s new season of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip-Hop Edition. Fair enough, though we gathered ...

The Internets are still in a frenzy as more details come out about the rumored J. Cole and Sean “Diddy” Combs fight that occurred this weekend. Whether J.Cole did say something slick about Cassie and ...

For better or for worse, Gangsta rap has always been one of the most beloved and popular sub-genres in hip-hop for the past three decades. The artists involved have been super polarizing for better ...

*We have an exclusive clip for the new episode of “Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition,” airing Thursday, May 19, at 9pm on WE tv. Per press release, this season stars Hip Hop superstar K. Michelle (K ...

Executive of: Murder Inc. Street Cred: You might be surprised to see Gotti on this list, mostly because 50 brainwashed us all into thinking Gotti was soft, grew up middle class, and was getting ...

*We have an exclusive clip for the new episode of “Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition,” airing Thursday, May 12, at 9pm on WE tv. Per press release, this season stars Hip Hop superstar K. Michelle (K ...

Rapper Gangsta Boo (aka Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, Lady Boo, Queen of Memphis, The Devil’s Daughter) of the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, appears in a portrait taken in 2001 in New York City. (Photo: Al ...

2007: Released less than a year after Kingdom Come, American Gangster became Jay- Z’s tenth solo album to be certified platinum in the U.S. The critically-acclaimed album helped to solidify him as one ...