Shaquille O'Neal and Damian Lillard are the two who have generated the staying power to make it as an NBA standout and as a hip-hop artist.

As Lil Wayne vents over the Grammys snubbing “Tha Carter VI,” fans dragged the rap icon’s salty attitude, urging him to “wake up” to the industry’s pattern of overlooking him. Across Twitter, the “6 ...

*The next generation of hip-hop royalty is making major noise. In early January 2026, North West, the 12-year-old daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, landed her first official producer credit.

Not every song in 2025 was a winner. Some were overproduced, some were overhyped and some just left us wondering who signed off on them. Here are five songs that, for better or worse, stood out for ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

For its 10th anniversary, Lil Wayne’s Lil WeezyAna Fest finds itself at a crossroads. Last year, WeezyAna Fest sold out the Smoothie King Center with a reunion of the Hot Boys, the all-star Cash Money ...

On a rainy South Florida night, Lil Wayne brought 20+ years of Carter classics to a full house at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. The final stop on his Tha Carter VI Tour closed out ...

Lil Wayne's rise from scrappy New Orleanian underdog to one of rap's biggest stars (and easily one of its most talented) has been a slow one. Inducted to the Cash Money family while still a young teen ...

Grammy award-winning producer Sydney Brown, known by his stage name Omen, was found dead in his Harlem apartment on Saturday, according to USA Today. The 49-year-old producer had missed a scheduled ...

Grammy-winning producer Sidney Brown, who had worked with stars like Drake, Lil Wayne and Beyoncé, was found dead in his East Harlem apartment last week. He was 49. The hitmaker, who went by the ...

In 2006, Omen made the beat for “Tell It Like It Is,” from Ludacris’ Release Therapy, which won Best Rap Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards. A few years later, he met Drake through Noah “40” Shebib, and ...

Sidney Brown, the producer and DJ who worked with the likes of Drake, Beyoncé, and Lil Wayne under the name Omen, has died. The producer was found in his Harlem, New York, apartment on Saturday, ...