It was a big, blockbuster year for hip-hop. 2013 gave rap fans brand new albums from some of the biggest names in music: Kanye West, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Drake, and Eminem. Macklemore became one of the ...

When you think about love in rap, Common's "The Light" is an essential example. From his album "Like Water for Chocolate", Common raps heartfelt lines of devotion over a mesmerizing J Dilla beat, ...

Released just before The Chronic paved the way for a more laid-back sound for West Coast gangstas, “Wicked” was Ice Cube’s first single after the L.A. riots, as well as his first Billboard Hot 100 ...

Johnny Paul Bass, a former Shasta County Most Wanted fugitive who also twice beat a 2013 murder rap, is prison-bound. In what was an unusually quick turnaround, Bass, 54, was sentenced Monday by ...