Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

Rap music—an art form that turned fifty this year despite being pronounced dead many times over—supposedly died again on April 19, amid the ongoing contest of champions between Compton and Toronto’s ...

Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost ...

Rap superstar Kid Cudi, currently on a major tour, has fired M.I.A. as the opening act because she had upset fans with her ...

Broadnax was executed on April 30 after courts rejected filings related to lyrics, the racial makeup of his jury, and a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) SZA and Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show ...

An innovative James Cook University experiment has found rap-related cues shape how people judge a hypothetical fan accused ...

Prominent rappers like Travis Scott are weighing in at the Supreme Court about the upcoming execution of James Broadnax in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 6. Megan Thee Stallion (Dec. 2024 Rank: No. 2) For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, ...

It’s a cycle on repeat: A beloved rapper is murdered. Family, friends and fans react online. The case is investigated yet typically goes unsolved. The hip-hop community calls for change, but there ...

Donald Trump's UNO card flex backfires spectacularly when Iran's embassies respond with skip cards, rap videos, and coordinated meme warfare.

Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard ...