The early ’80s were not exactly the best time for love and romance in rap. And with good reason. Most of the rappers, in a genre that was just 10 years old, were male and fresh out of puberty (if not ...

“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” continues with Season 13, Episode 13, airing Tuesday, September 30 (9/30/2025), at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for streaming services like Philo (free trial), ...

You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at rec ...

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...

Loud Sound Studios is home to two of Rwanda's up-and-coming hip-hop acts: Pro-Zed and Kenny K-Shot. Hip-hop is all about the beats and the flow. For two Rwandan artists, that flow sometimes comes in ...

Season 13 of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” is wrapping up with an explosive finale on Tuesday, October 14 (10/14/2025), at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for streaming services like Philo ...