Thump Records turns 35 this year. This is how the L.A. label has kept oldies alive through pop-up trucks, word-of-mouth and a music roster of up-and-coming artists.

Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc. Records label executive who helped launch Ja Rule and Ashanti to stardom, has died at age 54.

The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar started out in their lyrics but has gotten so big its reached the courts ...