Hip-hop has been super volatile over the last couple of years. Given all the questions swirling around the genre during its 50th decade—who are the new stars? Where are the hit records? Is hip-hop on ...

DALLAS — A New Year’s party turned into tragedy early Thursday morning after a shooting at an after-hours club in Northwest Dallas left five people hospitalized, including well-known Dallas rapper ...

In 2025, we shed tears and mourn the ones that we lost. Pay your respects. The Hip-Hop world lost a true pioneer when Gene “Groove” Allen passed away in February 2025. As a key member of Groove B.

In 2025, these female rappers were impossible to ignore visually—whether it was red carpet glam, natural beauty, or full-on model energy. Beauty in Hip-Hop has never been a one-size-fits-all ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It seems like a relic now. But Donald Trump’s presidency once saw some of the culture ...

The Stockton rapper who reportedly went into hiding after a monstrous mass shooting at a little girl’s birthday party has broken his weeks-long silence to share condolences about the Nov. 29 incident ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

OREGON, USA — Lake Oswego rapper Yeat was named to Complex magazine's 2025 Best Dressed Rappers list this week, ranking No. 9 among the year's most stylish hip-hop artists. The 25-year-old ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Bun B of the legendary duo UGK says music from more seasoned rappers is needed more than ever, as there's a musical "void" between young and older hip-hop fans. The southern rap icon recently released ...

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