Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...

Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) is a living legend who leveraged his work as a rap phenomenon into one of the most successful entrepreneurial careers forged in the music industry, becoming the first ...

It started, famously, with two turntables and a microphone – with a DJ mixing and scratching records, and an MC rapping along. But the best hip-hop albums show off a genre that’s come a long way since ...