The Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act, passed in 2022, restricts the use of rap lyrics in criminal prosecutions, aiming ...

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A teenager who killed a worker at the Royal Easter Show and then filmed a rap bragging about the fatal stabbing has been jailed.

Earl Sweatshirt started his career as enfant terrible of L.A. rap collective Odd Future, a teenage transgressor whose lyrics ...

The NPR Music critic and All Songs Considered contributor's favorite records of the year include the best of British rap, ...

Through the Black Panther Party Cubs and the Hampton House, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. builds on his father’s linkage of art ...

After splitting The Jam at their peak, Paul Weller reinvented himself with The Style Council, embracing soul, jazz, and pop on 'Café Bleu.' ...

SZA slams the White House for using her 'SNL' hit 'Big Boy' in a pro-ICE video, calling the move 'evil', 'boring', and a ...

Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.