Long before Indian hip-hop became a language on everybody’s tongues, there were small rooms in Mumbai where rappers stood ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

The genre-blending Maryland-based rapper is back with another solo record after several high-profile collaborations.

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

Queen Latifah dusted off her mic and pressed record, and now she is ready to take her spot on the music charts. She made her ...

Investigators say rap lyrics helped bring down drug ring ...

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 ...

The news may indicate a dip in rap’s dominance in mainstream music, but the music publication has also changed its top 100 rules. Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard ...

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 ...