Afrika Bambaataa passed away in early April, reportedly of prostate cancer, at the age of sixty-eight. His legend is a split ...

Outside the Lyrics,” a digital series that launched in 2024, now looks at how music connects people and builds communities.

Cheap views can quietly poison your channel faster than a bad video can. For a long time, people have known that YouTube does ...

Still Dre: “I’ve always been able to bet on myself," Dr. Dre tells Forbes, "and whatever I do and wherever I go, I know I have my talent with me.” He escaped the gang violence of Los Angeles to become ...

Run-D.M.C. Salt-N-Pepa. De La Soul. KMD. The Beastie Boys. Some of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, they share something else in common: Each consists of three members. The same goes ...

NBA player and team drops have been a part of hip-hop lyrics for more than 50 years. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; photos: Leon Bennett, Ezra Shaw, George De Sota, Emilee Chin / Getty ...

In late 2024, Mumbai/Pune rapper Shreyas Sagvekar received a call from a French friend, who was visiting Dubai. The friend had gone out clubbing the night before and heard a track playing over the PA ...

Hip-hop producers earn money through multiple revenue streams, including upfront beat payments, publishing splits, performance royalties, and producer points on albums. While newcomers may sell beats ...

The New Jersey trio of Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Prakazrel (Pras) Samuel Michel were nearly dropped from their record label following the modest sales of their debut album, Blunted On Reality.

To celebrate and acknowledge Black History Month, Google is spotlighting Black creators, developers, and businesses. To kick it off, the company is focusing on hip-hop with a short video featuring ...

The global music industry is increasingly becoming borderless, allowing talent from every corner of the world to influence mainstream charts. Among the most notable success stories in recent years is ...