LL Cool J has a long history with Def Jam and the MTV VMAs. The New York native inked his first record deal with Def Jam ...

Future has become the first rapper to score three No. 1 album in six months. The Atlanta rapper's project, Mixtape Pluto, will land at the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart this week.

In making this list, we included soundtrack albums built around original songs (hey, Superfly) as well as expertly curated compilations (we see you, Quentin); some great soundtracks feature fresh ...

Chino XL 's death was reportedly the result of the rapper taking his own life. On Friday (Sept. 27), TMZ provided an update ...

On this date in 1999, one of Hip Hop's greatest duos of all time, Erick and Parrish Making Dollars, released their fifth full ...

The rapper's first album in 11 years arrives, as current single "Proclivities," featuring Saweetie, climbs on radio.

In the wake of Sean “Diddy” Combs' arrest, people are speculating about which prominent entertainer will be exposed next.

DMX’s '…And Then There Was X,' the best-selling album of the rapper’s career, is being reissued on 2LP black ice vinyl this ...

The first artist James Hetfield took his daughters to see in concert was actually a character from a television show.

The two met at the Def Jam offices in 1989 through Kurious’ connection with the group 3rd Bass, who had recently scored a hit ...

Outgoing Atlantic Music Group chief Julie Greenwald, who has run the company for more than 20 years, has penned a farewell ...

Together onstage for the first time in almost five full years, Tom Araya, Kerry King, Gary Holt and Paul Bostaph leaned ...