On this day in 2005, Young Jeezy, then known simply as “The Snowman”, changed the course of Southern Hip Hop with the release of his major label debut, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, via Def Jam ...

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

“Motivation” is exactly the kind of track the human family needs right now—a vibrant, soul-stirring push of encouragement, wrapped in a hypnotic fusion of reggae warmth and hip-hop grit. Reggae has ...

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