Hip-Hop Wired' interviewed Lupe Fiasco about 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater,' his career and teaching at universities.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Rico Nasty, Samara Cyn, and Sexyy Red. With summer inching closer, rap and hip-hop are back outside — so to speak. New York ...

Swizz Beatz is expanding his hand in art through his first-ever jewelry collection that exudes "structure" and "boldness." Created in collaboration with Brazilian jeweler Ara Vartanian, the ARA x MR ...

From humble rope chains in the Bronx to diamond-encrusted statement pieces on global stages, hip hop jewelry has evolved into a symbol of culture, identity, and triumph. Hip hop is more than music ...

Ferg showed off the touching custom piece in his video for "MDMX" and also to the grand opening celebration of Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry at the American Museum of Natural History.

When the author of Ice Cold: A Hip-hop Jewelry History, Vikki Tobak, treads the tightrope between hip-hop music and fashion industry, precision dictates her research. As she lends this expertise ...

Hip-hop exploded into popular consciousness at the same time as the music video, and rappers were soon all over MTV, reinforcing in images the ugly world portrayed in rap lyrics. Video after video ...

The 6 God even purchased some of Pharrell’s jewelry in the Joopiter auction and flexed in P’s $2 million N.E.R.D. necklace in the “Jumbotron S–t Poppin” visual. Explore See latest videos ...

Hip Hop, more than any other genre, has always been about aspirational living, and jewelry has long been one of the culture’s most significant forms of self-expression. Enter in "Ice Cold ...

From Biz Markie’s brushed gold nameplate to T-Pain’s “Big Ass Chain” beset with hundreds of diamonds and Erykah Badu’s 22-karat gold Ma’at grills, inspired by the eponymous Egyptian ...

Hip-hop jewelry does a lot of heavy lifting in a new exhibition in Manhattan. It signifies elite membership, romantic courtship and ambition for greatness. By Seph Rodney Of the New York museums ...

Over-the-top, one-of-a-kind pieces displayed at the American Museum of Natural History's Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry (open until January 2025) include shiny signs of success created ...