These 50 famous rappers have never had a No. 1 album…
(March 25, 2022). The first rap album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (which measures the best-selling and most consumed albums each week) happened in March 1987.…
Grammys2020: Aerosmith and Run-DMC perform the hip-hop game changer that shot both to the Rock Hall of Fame
(January 27, 2020). As I watched Sunday night’s Grammys, I couldn’t help but reflect on how far hip-hop has come – despite Sean “Diddy” Combs’ earlier protests to the contrary.…
Class of 1986 – These Were Your Jams!
A Look Back at the 20 Best Music Memories of 1986…Part 1: R&B/Hip-Hop. As the members of the Class of 1986 finish preparations for this year’s 30th-year reunions around the…
Black History: 100 Greatest Black Musicians of All Time – Part I
June is African-American Music Appreciation Month (previously known as Black Music Month). Ever since 1977, when then-President Jimmy Carter declared that each June would be recognized as such, the month…
The “Drake Fourteen” – So Exactly When Did Rap Become Mainstream?
(Note: this is the first in a multi-part series on the evolution/devolution of rap and hip-hop over its nearly four-decade history) Many of you have read or heard by now…