Ten years ago, no one could have predicted Young Money Records would have a downfall like ...

Sexual objectification of women is present in many male rap artists’ songs, but female artists are flipping that narrative with songs that uplift women and promote empowerment. (Frank Schwichtenberg / ...

UGK's Pimp C and Bun B join Scarface among the best Texas rap artists of all-time on a list that also includes a lot of ...

Some broke new ground in terms of rap and rock collaborations while others had people calling out questionable lyric choices.

Bowie State University celebrated a historic milestone on May 22 as Maryland’s oldest HBCU graduated the largest class in ...

Amongst a variety of other reasons, ease of access is what drew most hip hop and rap artists towards SoundCloud. They can easily upload their songs on Soundcloud and share with listeners who would ...

The estate of the chopped-and-screwed pioneer will release four volumes of the DJ Screw Originals this month ...

Fayetteville sisters Zelda and Zoletta Taylor return to hip-hop after 40 years, reviving a dream that never left them.

On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw a “back-to-school jam” that would go down in history. No one knew the tunes emerging from a Bronx rec room would evolve into hip-hop, a genre ...

The Asian musicians are fusing rap, beatboxing and street dance with Chinese cultural traditions as they explore issues of ...

Rapper Chuck D, of Public Enemy fame, is one of several who agree that basketball greats and hip-hop excellence share a similar foundation. Shakeia Taylor and Jason Jones, The Athletic For decades, ...

Let’s talk about weed and rap. We know Hip Hop and cannabis have been intertwined for decades, but over the last 10 years, the relationship between hip hop and weed has evolved into a full-fledged ...