For the most part, hip hop stars who have managed to stay famous for decades – like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Jay-Z– still have the wealth that came with their early success. Some of these artists are ...

“I’ve never listened to you like the white boy rapper,” he says ... “I wanted it to sound like a ’80s movie of muthafuckas plotting for revenge,” Valid adds.

Basketball and hip-hop have been joined at the hip as long as both have been at the forefront of American (and eventually global) pop culture. This is largely a result of ’80s rap pioneer Kurtis ...

Eric Martin, better known as MC Eric, co-created Pump Up the Jam Eric Martin is known to many as MC Eric – the Welsh rapper who shot to stardom with the release of Technotronic’s 1989 hit Pump ...