They're all highly respected in the world of old-school rap. And they all hit the Top 40 just once in their careers.

Rap legends E-40 and Too $hort will bring Bay Area hip-hop flavor to the NFL Honors stage, performing during the league’s ...

Houston hip-hop lost a legend on Friday with the death of DJ Michael “5000” Watts. Watts, 52, was the pioneering producer and ...

Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a ...

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Michael "5000" Watts, a pioneering Houston, Texas music figure credited with helping define Southern hip-hop, died Friday.

Artists like Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall emerged from the Swishahouse mixtape circuit.

Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization. A central figure in ...

The singer-songwriter Alex Warren looked devastated on Sunday when he made his debut at the 2026 Grammy Awards - only to have ...

During the Premiere Ceremony held at the adjacent Peacock Theater in Los Angeles ahead of the main show, the Dalai Lama won ...

From Miranda Lambert to Ty Myers, Texas country artists are all over the rodeo's music lineup.

Houston lost one of its most influential cultural architects on Friday with the passing of Michael “5000” Watts, the ...