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 ...

Angus Batey charts the history of the album that made Ice-T a star, but also one that should have guaranteed his place among ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice-T’s appearance at Raising Cane’s wasn’t just about sipping iced tea on National Iced Tea Day. It was about celebrating ...

On this day in 1991, Ice-T—one of Hip Hop’s most influential voices and a true gangsta rap pioneer—released his fourth studio album, O.G. Original Gangster. Dropping via Sire/Warner Bros. Records, ...

Gangsta Boo, rap pioneer and former member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has died. She was 43. Gangsta Boo’s representative confirmed news of her death to Variety. No cause was given. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The late Lola Chantrelle Mitchell made her mark as pioneering rapper Gangsta Boo. With a career spanning nearly three decades, she ...

More details have been revealed about the tragic death of Gangsta Boo. On January 1, the former Three 6 Mafia rapper was found dead in her hometown of Memphis. Born Lola Mitchell, the artist was just ...

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Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in the1970s. Check out these 20 notable hip-hop songs that ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...