Chuck D is back with the announcement of a new solo album, Radio Armageddon, out May 18th via Def Jam. To stir up excitement, ...

UTA’s Maverick Speakers Series is celebrating its 17th season. Past guests included LaVar Burton, Jack Hanna, Terry Crews, ...

On this day in 1995, gangsta rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications from AIDS, less than 10 days after publicly revealing his diagnosis. Few figures in hip-hop history ...

The pioneering rapper Ice Cube is bringing his new “Tell Truth to Power: Four Decades of Attitude” tour to Baltimore’s CFG ...

Queen banned "gangster rap" artists from sampling their back catalogue amid fears it would "promote violence or abuse". Sir Brian May says the British rock band took a stance to say no to certain ...

“We have stopped them being used to promote violence or abuse, during the heyday of gangster rap when someone wanted to sample it in a song, we thought was abusive to women,” he said.