Hip-Hop

Method Man defends Chris Brown: ‘How would you handled it?’

Chris Brown has come under constant criticism for his involvement in violent altercations, but one hip-hop star believes the R&B singer is getting a bum rap. Method Man spoke to XXL about Brown’s latest controversy, his involvement in a fight in Washington, D.C. Brown got into the altercation after men interrupted him while he was attempting to take a photo with a fan. “If you were in that same situation, how would you have handled it?” Method Man asked rhetorically. “Maybe you wouldn’t have handled it

5 essential RUN-D.M.C. songs

In honor of Rev. Run’s 49th birthday today, here are five songs absolutely essential to not only Run-D.M.C.’s catalog, but to hip-hop. “It’s Like That”

Hip-hop’s coolest moms and their sons

Yesterday, we posted a few adorable pics of Amber Rose having a little face time with her little man Sebastian, which got us thinking, there

Nas creates Harvard University fellowship

Hip-hop heavyweight Nas has joined forces with the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute’s Henry Louis Gates and Hip Hop Archive and Research Institute’s Marcyliena