Jessica Pabón-Colón, an assistant professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, does not want the events of last week to fade from memory. As a hip-hop scholar and a woman of color, and ...

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

The 62nd annual Grammy nominations are in, and once again there’s an issue with artists being left out. In all of the rap-related categories (Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Performance, Best Rap ...

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So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

Not sure about individual songs but as of right now I think both Nas Kings Disease 3 and Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains stand a great chance for the Best Rap Album category Agreed. I’m counting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If Christ then was Biggie (apologies to 2Pac), the twelve apostles — Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, ...

Hip-hop started out in the parks and traveled around the globe and back, picking up new accents and flavors in every region and time zone, rubbing elbows with other genres and cultures, and adapting ...