On this day in Hip Hop history, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, better known as EPMD, released their groundbreaking debut album, Strictly Business, through Sleeping Bag Records in 1988. The album ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Feb. 16, 1993: After the success of his 1991 debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, Tupac Shakur released his second project, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., on ...

LOS ANGELES - From the producers of TMZ comes an all-new event series: "TMZ Hip Hop" — a show that shines a spotlight on the biggest icons from the genre and hip hop culture. Panelists Amber Diamond, ...

On this date in 1993, Tupac Shakur released his second studio album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…, under Jive Records and T.N.T. Recordings. The album’s title carried a deeper meaning, as 2Pac redefined ...

Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in ...