This year, rap is celebrated more than ever in the Grammy nominees. We take a look at the categories and see where some of the game's major players stack up against the competition.
The third day of the 2015 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans featured plenty of fireworks at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Saturday night (July 4).
There’s no question that Common is beaming right now. After winning his first-ever Oscar at the 87th annual Academy Awards, the Chicago rhymer appeared on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to talk about his glorious win for Best Original Song for 'Glory.'
When Common and Legend were announced as the winners of Best Original Song at the Oscars, the hip-hop and R&B community celebrated their peers' major accomplishment on social media.
Grammy-winning artists Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Common are among the headliners set to perform at the 2015 Essence Music Festival. The 21st annual event, which takes place in New Orleans on July 2 through 5, features empowerment seminars during the day and hot music performances at night.
Was Kanye West running onstage during Beck’s Album of the Year speech as horrible as it sounds? Why was Iggy Azalea’s hair such an epic fail? Read on for the Best and Worst Moments of 2015 Grammy Awards.
Music’s biggest night or music’s biggest snooze fest? The 2015 Grammy Awards were a night to remember, but not necessarily for the right reasons. For hip-hop heads (or really, anyone born after the year 1980) the annual awards ceremony was fraught with its fair share of side eye-inducing lows.