On surprising new albums, '80s trailblazers LL Cool J and MC Lyte sound thrillingly revitalized, thanks to sharp production ...

LL Cool J was just 16 when he debuted with “I Need a Beat”; MC Lyte ... veteran music exec Bu Thiam? Or is he just an earnest rap fan, following in the long tradition of white kids who love hip-hop ...

Rapper-actor LL Cool J spoke at a Black Music Action Coalition gala about being honored by the group — and Sean "Diddy" Combs ...

The rapper's first album in 11 years arrives, as current single "Proclivities," featuring Saweetie, climbs on radio.

After almost five decades of hustling, innovating, and shaping the world as we know it, Ice-T is staring down the apocalypse ...

Days before the release of his new album 'The FORCE,' we joined LL Cool J in his old Queens neighborhood, hitting a block ...

He talked to us about his new album The Kid That Did, how Detroit rap took over the game, and why he doesn't think he's ...

A TikTok video of Natalie Kaczmarski, a math teacher at Chesterton High School, remixing the song "Rich Baby Daddy" has so ...

Earlier this week, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 54, was arrested at a hotel in New York and later charged with sex trafficking, ...

LL Cool J is out with his first album in over a decade. He says on Morning Edition, "I've been here for years, baby. How are ...

LL Cool J has been a G.O.A.T. for so long that it’s even the name of an album he released nearly 25 years ago. Other rappers ...

At 56, the rapper from Queens, a fundamental part of hip-hop’s evolution, is now a living legend and a TV star whose new ...