The performance symbolized Black people's plight in America — and hip-hop’s powerful ability to respond. William E. Ketchum ...

The Compton MC took several big swings with his record-breaking halftime show performance, but did any of them pay off?

Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54.

The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.

The collaboration between Lamar and Marvel Studios represents a strategic continuation of the entertainment giant’s commitment to incorporating contemporary music into its cinematic universe.

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Kendrick Lamar made a powerful statement about Blackness in America, full of symbolism and not meant to please everyone.

Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome ...

Kendrick Lamar’s historic Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, about halfway through his trademark juggernaut of a diss song, “Not Like Us,” an unexpected guest appeared on millions of American’s ...

With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year ...

The first rapper to headline the N.F.L.’s biggest stage solo made his Drake diss “Not Like Us” the centerpiece of his set at ...

Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome ...