It’s impossible to overstate just how influential Too Short is to hip-hop culture. He is the only rapper to have worked with all of The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and 2Pac, and over the span of his ...

What happens when you mix some of the region’s most hungry emcees and producers with summer camp? The answer unfolds in “Welcome to Rap Campp,” a new documentary that captures a 24-hour marathon ...

Within the continuous additions to and retellings of music history, a genre such as hip-hop is usually caught within efforts to categorize and explain its origins, which happened largely outside of ...

The "Got Money" rapper refuted the "Ms. Jackson" rapper's claims that as rappers age the music begins to feel "inauthentic" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

On Saturday, Ben Shapiro took his anti-woke politics to an art form that has consistently triggered him: rap music. The song glorifies Shapiro’s “facts don’t care about your feelings” ethos, with a ...

The release of Doechii’s debut mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal has cemented the ascent of a brand-new rap superstar. Unfortunately, it also resurrected a tired, misogynistic conversation among rap ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I interviewed André recently for my podcast, “Toure Show.” The episode ...

Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor and first of South Asian descent. 17 hours ago The performance was also a testament to how far Chance has come. As he shared in an interview with ...

Killer Mike says he is "better than OK" after he was arrested at the Grammys on Sunday. The rapper was detained and charged with a misdemeanor after winning three awards. The news of his arrest came ...

While there are some who wouldn’t consider Beyoncé’s early work with Destiny’s Child to exemplify traditional rap structure, Beyoncé’s playful blending of R&B vocals with hip-hop delivery could be ...