On the album's 20th anniversary, it's much easier to recognize Be as a crucial intersection record — not simply for Common, on his way to becoming rap's hokey, well-intentioned uncle, but for hip-hop ...

Hip-hop entered the new millennium carrying heavy losses. The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. left the genre reeling, while Y2K anxieties cast uncertainty over everything. But when ...

On “This Man,” a sunset-evoking song on “The Auditorium Vol. 1,” Common raps, “Whether Grammy or Oscar, I keep the same posture.” He’s referring to the awards he’s amassed over his decades-long career ...

Gold record-selling rapper Common will bring his socially conscious alternative hip hop to the Hill for this year's Spring Fling, Concert Board has confirmed. Concert Board has also signed a rock band ...

Hip-hop has always been music’s mirror to the social and political climate in a reflection that crosses global boundaries, and a new generation of artists has rewritten the definition of rap to make ...