If there was any lingering doubt that Memphis was experiencing a full-on hip-hop renaissance, the past 12 months erased all that. The year was filled with the arrival of several bright new stars, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to raw, unapologetic Hip Hop, Memphis holds a unique place in the genre’s history. Known for its dark beats and ...

Ashanti and Ja Rule's Mixtape Unplugged Tour is coming to the Landers Center in Southaven on June 21. The tour also features 112, Travis Porter and Dem Franchize Boyz. Tickets go on sale May 2 via ...

Memphis native Taylor Nicole Barksdale is on a mission to celebrate the city’s powerful influence on hip-hop culture. As co-founder of Memphis Rap Tour, she offers a guided journey through the ...

Al Kapone and DJ Zirk hosted the Memphis Rap OGz set at RiverBeat, which featured Tom Skeemask, Gangsta Blac, Frayser Boy, ...

On June 13 Memphis hip-hop hot girl GloRilla joins the Momentary's Live on the Green Series in Bentonville. The Grammy-nominated rapper known for "TGIF," "Yeah! Glo," and "Wanna Be (feat Megan Thee ...

As a young journalist, the first artist I interviewed was Memphis emcee Skewby. It was for a story I wrote in 2010 on Memphis rap for the University of Memphis student newspaper The Daily Helmsman.

Known as the “King of Memphis” (or so ran his 2016 album title), Young Dolph carved his own niche in the Bluff City hip-hop scene before his tragic death at the age of 36 in a shooting at Makeda's ...