A pioneer of rapid-fire rap delivery and one of hip-hop’s most explosive live performers, Brooklyn rapper Busta Rhymes has ...

Rapper Rob Base has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59. His team shared the news of his death on his Instagram page.

Rap artist Rob Base, best known for the 1980s hip-hop classic It Takes Two, has died after a bout of cancer aged 59. The ...

From "Boat" to "Cocount Water," the rising South Carolina rapper is quickly making an impact.

A hip-hop pioneer and star of the DJ E-Z Rock duo has died at 59 after dealing with a secret cancer diagnosis. Fans of the star have flocked to social media to share their upset ...

Before the West Coast fully exploded into a commercial force and before G-Funk became the soundtrack of the early 90s, Compton’s Most Wanted arrived with a project that gave listeners another ...

Iconic '80s hip-hop rapper, Rob Base, died on May 22, 2026, after a "private battle with cancer," just days after he ...

In the summer of 1973, block parties were taking over New York’s Bronx borough as Black and brown youth were coming together to celebrate culture, community and a new genre of music: hip-hop. Born as ...

August 11 is National Hip-Hop Celebration Day! The celebration was made official by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last July, following the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. In a speech on the Senate ...

A brand new episode of the popular MTV reality series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta premieres on the network Tuesday, May 19 at 8/7c. During this week’s new episode, Erica Banks is left alone to face the ...

Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock’s 1988 chart-topper “It Takes Two,” a blend of hip-hop and house music, helped bring both genres into ...