Throughout its history, hip-hop has provided the world with plenty of headlines. We're taking a look at the most important events in the genre's history that have taken place in each year since 1973.

The past year has been an incredible 12 months for hip-hop. The entire year has been bursting with quality tracks, mixtapes and albums. It seems almost all of the big names dropped at least something, ...

No era in hip-hop is more mythologized these days than the 1990s. And no regional sound from "way back when" has become more hyped than the "boom bap" of the East Coast during that period. But 90s ...

Ghost Town DJ's DJ Demp, Rodney Terry, Greg Street, Virgo Williams and Kamren Davis, may be called one-hit wonders, but their single, “My Boo” is a staple in hip-hop and R&B culture. The success of ...

KRS-One has been at the helm of several of rap's most memorable beefs—some historic (The Bridge Wars) and some bizarre (the time he tried to have Nelly banned). But one of the most infamous KRS-One ...

The Cash Money Records that exists today barely resembles the local operation it once was. Whether you call it YMCMB, Young Money or Cash Money, the label is undoubtedly one of the most prominent ...

Remember about 14 years ago when Making The Band was a thing for pretty much every network attempting to draw in viewership? Well, one of those shows, BET's Blowin' Up Fatty Koo recently resurfaced ...

"Mussaondabeat, ho." If you aren't familiar with that tagline yet, you either don't go out enough, don't listen to the radio and you're generally oblivious to the greatness that is DJ Mustard ...

Chris Brown is one of the most beloved and controversial singers of our time. He's proved that he's a remarkable force in R&B ever since the release of his self-titled debut album in 2005. Like his ...

Rap fans got a very pleasant surprise last week when Drake blessed the internet with a link to his new project, If You're Reading This It's Too Late. Containing 17 tracks, a majority of which were ...

Dance has played a major role in every genre of music. A new dance that's featured in a hip-hop song nowadays can become more popular than the rapper who created it. Before the Chicken Noodle Soup, ...

R&B singer Mario is currently mourning the loss of his mother, Shawntia Hardaway. The 31-year-old artist shared the sad news on his Instagram page. Mario shared a photo of his mother as a young child ...