• 7 Hip-Hop Guest Spots for George Clinton's 75th Birthday: Snoop, Tupac, More

    Music Times wants to wish George Clinton, the iconic bandleader behind Parliament and Funkadelic, as well as the greatest figures in funk music history. We could spend thousands and thousands of words describing how great his bands were in the studio and live onstage...but that's a theme that's been reworked thousands and thousands of times. One subject that doesn't get as much respect is Clinton's influence on the world of hip-hop. If you don't believe us, just check out how many guest spots he's done for hip-hop tracks over the years, from Snoop Dogg to Tupac to Kendrick Lamar. We chose the biggest names that Clinton has worked with just to demonstrate how far and wide his appreciation in the genre stretches.

  • MC Supreme, West Coast Rap All-Stars Member, Killed in Car Crash

    MC Supreme, a Los Angeles hip-hop performer best known for his 1990 single "Black In America," was killed in a car crash over the weekend. The emcee had pulled his car over to the side of the Pacific Coast Highway, where it was struck by a man driving a pickup truck. Supreme was pronounced dead at the scene and his female passenger was transported to a local hospital. The other driver was arrested on suspicion of a DUI.

  • Billboard's Hot Rap Songs Chart Celebrates 25th Annivesary

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, and the publication has compiled a list of the Top 100 songs ever to grace it. This isn't a ranking system based on the opinions of critics. It actually takes every rap track that's appeared on the Hot Rap Songs chart and assigns scores based on number of weeks on the chart at at which position the song placed.
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