Rap royalty has found its fun in south Florida's city of vice for a long time. Some have bought property, even if only for seasonal...

Outkast certainly didn't make loving them all the way easy. Andre, who stopped smoking and drinking, and had become a vegetarian,...

While 50 Cent and G Unit were sinisterly plotting a world takeover, an exuberant, gold-toothed industry vet had simpler ambitions in...

How did T.I. change the rap game? It comes down to two words: the trap. Consider the scene before his 2003 arrival onto the national...

"The South's got something to say. That's all I got to say." Outkast, of course, was nothing of the sort. Andre and partner Antwan "Big...

Before the Matrix of Hip Hop upgraded to the Dirty South version of its software to reduce southern Hip Hop to nothing more than just...

Nonbelievers turned off by Weezy's wild style called his verbal nonsense, no better than nursery rhymes. Some of those who turned up...

Ronald "Slim" Williams and his younger brother Bryan grew up in New Orleans' hardscrabble Magnolia Projects; Calliope was its rival hood....

In 1989 when a 22-year-old kid from New Orleans' Calliope Projects named Percy Miller received $10,000 from a family malpractice suit...

To begin to understand the alchemy of Outkast the dynamic duo that's consistently made amazing music for more than ten years, both as a...

"I'm A Ho" is mechanized saggy pants from the leather-legged '80s. You can hear it sauntering underneath "Front, Back & Side To Side,"...

Tony Montana wasn't the only iconic "Scarface" who enthralled a generation of MCs. Despite his overlooked status as a gangsta rap...

The Gheto Boys originated at Harvey's Barbershop in 5th Ward when a man with a hole in his throat introduced Willie D then an ex-boxer...

Miami's synthetic beats originated with the homemade drumbox soul of Timmy Thomas in the late '60s. "Why Can't We Live Together" was both...