November 12 marks 15 years since Lil' Kim dropped her solo debut. 'Hard Core' took a burgeoning femme fatale and placed her in the heart of the neo-gangster movement hip-hop was embracing at the time ...

On this day in 1996, Brooklyn’s own Lil’ Kim dropped her groundbreaking debut album, Hard Core, a project that would forever redefine the image and power of women in hip hop. Before the era of ...

If you don't know what nerdcore is, you might find the lyrics to the song "My Girlfriend's a Hacker" a little strange. "My girlfriend's a hacker, best hacker ever," the song begins. "She's quick on ...

1996: Lil Kim built her name as the first lady of The Notorious B.I.G.’s Junior M.A.F.I.A. Kim's big day came when she released her debut Hard Core, which found the BK spitter setting the standards ...

Like it or not, hip-hop is young America's soundtrack. The hip-hop generation comes in all colors and dances to a rap beat, CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports. Hard core language and soft ...

"If challenging power is a core tenet of hip-hop," he continues, "few album covers encapsulate that as stylishly as Hard Core." The full list is now available at Billboard.com.

Today in Hip Hop History, Lil’ Kim released her debut album Hard Core on November 12, 1996. The Brooklyn-born pint-sized rapper changed the course of hip hop. Before Megan Thee Stallion bounced in a ...

Trip-hop defined both the 90s and a certain British city. It set the blueprint for today's down-tempo sounds, so here's how you too can get trippy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Cape Town's cosmopolitan hip hop scene is getting ready for an explosion of creative expression through a theatrical production infused with all the elements of this multi-faceted, yet largely ...

The Middle Eastern hip-hop icons, The Synaptik and Felukah, are teaming up once again for their new single Allya’Teek. Following on from their debut collaboration Nefsi, the new single pairs up Cairo ...