Jay-Z, Ye, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj and more. An artist’s album cover is arguably the most critical piece when rolling out a new project. Whether it’s a debut album or a performer’s swan song or anywhere ...

Cross-generational collaborations where one of the acts involved is deceased are always tricky. It’s hard to know whether the decedent would actually have approved their voice pairing with the ...

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Rakim praised Kendrick Lamar’s shoutout on Clipse’s new track as one of the most powerful tributes he’s received in years. Rakim is showing love after Kendrick Lamar name-dropped him on Clipse’s new ...

Wu Tang Clan architect RZA recently stirred the pot in the eternal debate over Hip Hop’s greatest lyricist. During his appearance on Drink Champs, hosted by N.O.R.E., RZA was presented with a classic ...

Four years after the death of DMX, the late rapper is back with “Bring Out the Worst,” the first single from an upcoming posthumous project. The track, which arrives a week after the 27th anniversary ...

DMX’s estate condemned a high-dollar auction of unreleased music and personal items, calling it unauthorized and promising to take action. DMX memorabilia tied to his early career and unreleased ...

The dynamic duo that still has a spot on many hip-hop lovers’ Top Five list has a fascinating backstory that is just as much business as it is personal. If you listened to hip-hop in the late 1980s ...

Hip-hop and the fintech community collide with this new platform for creators. Legendary artist Rakim Allah, the lyrical genius of lyrical hip-hop duo, Eric B & Rakim, has launched an AI-powered ...

Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company, in partnership with RAKIM, one of hip-hop’s most influential ...

Today in 1968, William Michael Griffin Jr. — best known as Rakim — was born, making him 57. Rakim grew up on Long Island, New York, and got involved in New York City's hip-hop scene at 18 when he ...

Rakim is responsible for changing the way rappers approach rhyming in the 1980s and is regarded as the greatest living MC of all time. Now, Rakim is moving into the fintech space via his new ...