André 3000 once talked about his relationship to music as his time with OutKast was coming to a close, admitting he could ...

A brief documentary about the Godfathers of Gangsta Rap, N.W.A. Produced and written by Matt Beat. Check out @n.w.a.6422's ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first voice heard on JPEGMAFIA’s sixth solo album, EXPERIMENTAL RAP, is late comedian Paul Mooney doing what he did best: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia ...

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 ...

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 ...

Industry insiders mull over the history of 'experimental' as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless.

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 ...

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 ...