The Firm would never release another studio album, with its members eventually returning to their respective solo careers.

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Noisey looks back at three classic mixtapes in hip-hop history that have quietly gone underrated and overlooked in history.

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2024 was an insane year for Hip-Hop. The year showed us there are no boundaries to the culture. We found that the old-school artists came out in force and helped shape the narrative that there is no ...

The superstar breaks from a tie with Future and The Temptations for the crown.

Without an obvious star in contention - and given some of hip-hop's declines in the past year - the genre's marquee category chances may be slimmer.

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At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on ...

Cardi B’s “Errtime” rises to No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Airplay chart, immediately becoming the rapper's milestone tenth leader. She ties Ye's career record this week. WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER ...