NEW YORK -- Ten years ago, it seemed as if every rapper wanted to be a gangsta. Now, everyone wants to be a pimp. 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg strut in full pimp regalia, surrounded by a bevy of beauties, ...

Hip-hop has never been a stranger to the unsavory elements of American life. Drug dealers and dope fiends, pushers and prostitutes, stick-up kids and corner boys have all found a home within the ...

How to Be a Pimp Some good stuff. I figured this belonged here since it is not serious but if it needs to be moved to the VR then so be it.<P>This is quality stuff so ...

The release of "i" opened a deep chasm within the hip-hop community last September. Augmenting his voice, Kendrick Lamar preached confidence and self-assurance over a groovy Isley Brothers sample.