Widely cited as one of the greatest concept albums of the modern era, Kendrick Lamar's major-label debut immerses listeners ...

Al Kapone and DJ Zirk hosted the Memphis Rap OGz set at RiverBeat, which featured Tom Skeemask, Gangsta Blac, Frayser Boy, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Oregon women’s lacrosse still hasn’t won a Big Ten game, and now the 2026 season is over. The Ducks’ 2026 campaign ended almost identically... Action Bronson – Dr. Lecter. Armed with one of the most ...

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

JJ Qaiyum joins his dad, “The Bear” composer Jeffrey Qaiyum, in the family-friendly hip-hop collective. They’ll perform from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. A.D. Carson, the professor who defended a rap album as his Ph.D. dissertation, is redefining Hip-Hop as both scholarship and culture. Bars and Books! Hip-Hop has always been a culture of ...

‘Hip hop on trial’; this was the name given to a global debate that took place in London just two weeks ago, the third in a series of discussions hosted by Intelligence Squared in association with ...