The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin,” at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was still in its keeping-it-real phase. Biz’s pop chart ascendence (rap’s ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The MC Hammer really is one you had to experience in real time. It’s hard ...

Fellow musicians and other entertainers are paying tribute to rapper Coolio, whose songs “Gangsta’s Paradise” was used in “Dangerous Minds” and “Aw, Here It Goes!” in the opening sequence of ...

Celebrities have taken to social media to pay tribute to Coolio after it was announced that the rapper had died at the age of 59. No cause of death was given by his manager Jarez Posey, who confirmed ...

MC Hammer was noticeably absent from the "Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop. A previous speech he made might explain why. MC Hammer was noticeably absent from the “Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip ...

Stanley Kirk Burrell, better known professionally as MC Hammer, earned most of his wealth as a prominent rapper during the late 80s and early 90s. Hammer released his breakthrough LP, Please Hammer, ...