Rap music stands as a vibrant tapestry woven into the very fabric of the Black community, serving not just as an art form but as a resonant voice echoing its culture, struggles, and resilience. Yet, ...

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Hey, young world. Here's a story about one measure of the distance hip-hop has traveled in its 50 years. Once upon a time, not long ago, to paraphrase a great rap storyteller, an 11-year-old in Queens ...

Top 10 best rap songs of 2025: the most influential, innovative and culturally impactful tracks shaping modern hip-hop.

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In 2017, Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TOUR Llif3” peaked at Number Seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The song explored themes of substance abuse and suicide, finding a loyal audience in young listeners. In the ...

In 2001, St. Tammany Parish prosecutors turned to rap lyrics as part of their attempt to paint McKinley “Mac” Phipps Jr. as capable of first-degree murder. Their reasoning: Phipps writes music with ...

The 48-year-old won best rap album for 'Michael,' while his song "Scientists and Engineers" won best rap song and best rap performance. By Mesfin Fekadu At 48, Killer Mike won three rap Grammys on ...

Le nouveau prince du Rap ivoirien électrise la scène urbaine avec authenticité et audace. Il s'appelle Le Zrai, de son vrai nom Ameka Samuel. Originaire d’Oumé, né à Yopougon, ce jeune prodige de la ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

ASB – BXL, aller-retour. Pour leur deuxième volume de Bitume caviar, que l’on savoure sur une petite demi-heure, l’Aulnaysien Limsa et le Bruxellois Isha ont ciselé leur recette, celle qui a ravi tous ...

Ms. Lee is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and a 2021-22 Knight-Wallace reporting fellow. March 30, 2022 Tommy Munsdwell Canady was in middle school when he wrote his first rap ...