It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

As the legendary DJ Premiere once said, “Hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different. And to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.” Rap music ...

Maybe the fact that he is the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame made Jay Z feel reflective and expansive. Maybe, with the impending release of his new album 4:44, Hov felt ...

Since the inception of hip-hop, rap duos have played a pivotal role in shaping the genre. These dynamic partnerships often stem from a blend of vocalists and producers, lifelong friends or even ...

Before there was social media, memes or reference tracks, when rappers had a disagreement they took it to the booth and vented all of their frustrations on record. However, in the digital era, beef ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...

In Long Way Home, the theater group Q Brothers Collective creates a contemporary mix on Homer’s epic the Odyssey: instead of hypermasculine white men slaying mythical creatures or stirring grandiose ...

The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

Savage's 'What Happened to the Streets' debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 73,000 units, securing the rapper's fifth consecutive champ.

In the late 1980s, Los Angeles hip-hop group N.W.A created a sensation and controversy with their music, which was labeled gangsta rap. Like the group's story, the making of their much-anticipated ...