Ice Cube

The student places his hand on the disc. Read More

The student places his hand on the disc. Read More

A professional DJ since 1992, Freddy Fresh (real name Fredrick Schmid) is among the new teachers brought in by McNally Smith College of Music for a hip-hop studies program that school officials say is the first in the nation . Read More

ST. PAUL, Minn. — DJ Freddy Fresh slaps a vinyl record on the turntable, cues it up and tells a student, "Remember, the top of the note was there, right? Grab it." Read More

The first part of AllHipHop's exclusive interview with Kool G Rap , the legendary lyricist told fans about his new album, his new business ventures and cocaine use in the Juice Crew. In part two, journalist Gentle Jones delves deeper and talks to G-Rap about his near-deal with G-Unit, producing beats with Marley Marl and how he's more reality rap than gangster rap. Read More

Ice Cube and Billy Bob Thornton are just two music stars that have made the Top 10 list of overpaid actors from Forbes magazine. Read More

An 11-year-old girl in South Los Angeles discovers she has a talent for spelling. Read More

I seriously hate Australian weather sometimes. Read More

Curtis Jackson -- better known as 50 Cent, the gangsta rapper who broke onto the scene wearing bulletproof vests and rapping about guns and drug deals -- had one question for me when we met at Macy's. Read More

When three years ago the famous rapper Nas (Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones) called his provocative album "Hip Hop is Dead," sparking debates and long-winded discussions in the hip-hop community, he did not of course mean that the genre was "dead" commercially. Read More