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Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive.He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, [1] and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris.
This page lists the songs that reached number one on the overall Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B Songs, Hot Rap Songs and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts in 2025. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as respective distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, apart from the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart which serve as a forefront for radio and video airplay counts.
Billboard initially created a list of the 10 greatest rappers of all time in November 2015, with the top position held by The Notorious B.I.G. [1] The publication revised their rankings in 2023, via a partnership with Vibe, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop. The updated list, published in stages between January 11 and February 8 ...
In 2015, Nahmir and Almighty Jay eventually decided to record a song after freestyling in Xbox Live group chats. The song, titled "Hood Mentality", was both of the artists' first song, and the start of the collective's move away from video games and towards music. [9] In 2015, crew member YBN Valley died due to a heart attack. [10]
A key part of recorded hip-hop’s early years of relying heavily on session musicians for backing tracks, bassist Larry Smith played on early ‘80s classics including “The Breaks.”
One Million Strong is a 1995 compilation of hip hop music released by Mergela Records/SOLAR to commemorate the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C. The compilation was released on November 7, 1995 and featured some of hip hop's biggest names, including the song "Runnin'", which was one of the few collaborations between 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G.
TheGrio highlights five memorable moments from the annual award show celebrating hip hop achievement. The post 5 biggest moments from the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards appeared first on TheGrio.
[7] The Kirkus review considered the attempts to link the success factors of the three "a bit ham-fisted" but praised the book as "a pleasingly broad perspective of hip-hop as economic triumph" and "a wide-ranging survey of the first four decades of hip-hop that vividly brings some of the culture’s biggest success stories into one place." [3]