Prosecutors love to cite rap as criminal evidence, but artists and advocates are waging an increasingly successful effort to restrict the controversial practice.

The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

Hip-hop has always been more than just a genre of music. Hip-hop has evolved into a cultural powerhouse from its roots in the Bronx during the 1970s, influencing fashion, language, and business ...

Hip-hop has its share of memorable debut albums, some of which rank among the genre's greatest of all-time. None of them have ...

The hip-hop world is in the midst of a transformative era, with Southern female rappers emerging as forces to be reckoned with. What started as a small movement has now grown into a cultural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 52-year-old rapper Common performs on Sept. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images It’s always awkward telling people ...

Not only is President Barack Obama the first black president of the U.S., but it's safe to say he has been America's first hip-hop commander-in-chief. And in a recent televised concert celebrating the ...

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 ...

Upon initial consideration, it would appear that praise and worship music doesn’t exactly go hand in hand with hip hop. After ...

During the week of October 25 through November 1, for the first time in 35 years, no rap songs appeared on Billboard’s top 40. For many, it signaled the death knell of hip-hop’s slow, but imminent, ...

Of the language-specific offshoots of Spotify’s flagship Indian hip-hop playlist Rap 91, the Malayalam version currently has ...

A LEGENDARY rapper from one of the most iconic hip-hop groups of the 1990s has died. Cleetis Mack, a member of Digital ...