Eminem

Did you know that Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp? Combined? Eminem won the Oscar for Best Song (“Lose Yourself”) in 2003, but didn’t even bother showing up to the awards presentation because he thought there was no chance we’d ever win. This and more on Eminem and ‘8 Mile’ in the latest installment of You Think You Know Movies!

Eminem has announced Shady XV, a two-disc release that will comprise a Shady Records greatest hits album and a compilation featuring new music from Em and his cronies Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil, D12, Yelawolf, and more. The project drops on November 24, and it marks the 15th anniversary of Shady Records, which Eminem founded with his manager...

We've begun to notice that Chris Pratt portrays characters who have a strong affinity for music. In Parks and Rec, his Andy Dwyer character fronts the struggle band Mouse Rat. In Guardians of the Galaxy, his superhero dude hangs onto a '70s mixtape...

You may remember that we have an Inturnt, Jonny Empire, and he knows a thing or two about battle rap. So we asked him to jot down his thoughts and favorite lines from the Total Slaughter Pay-Per-View event from this weekend. July 12, 2014, will go down as a legendary day in the hip-hop culture...

The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards are just about a month away, and Beyoncé unsurprisingly leads this year's field of nominees. With a video for each track from her latest release, she certainly had the numbers advantage, but considering the frenzy that the visual album caused, her eight nominations seems a tad underwhelming...

Hip-hop has finally, officially snatched the throne from rock to become America's most popular music genre, and it's been thrilling to watch. Rap is absolutely leading the charge in cultural influence, style, and sonic innovation, and the genre's growth and evolution in the last five years has been staggering...

Not every album in the Hip-Hop Canon can be Illmatic, Nas’ landmark 1994 debut that contains nary a wasted second. Sometimes, a generation-defining LP includes a dud that doesn’t hold its own with the rest of the material. And yet, these corny cuts are rarely called out, coasting through time, claiming to be a part of greatness...