20 years ago, Houston rap took over the world. These albums made 2005 a cultural moment for the city

Mike Jones a local underground rapper signs autographs while promoting his first CD at the Music Depot store in Greenspoint ...
Billboard

Kendrick Lamar & SZA Prove This World Is Theirs Atop Year-End Rap Songs Chart: Countdown to Billboard’s 2025 Year-End Charts

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski – check out the Hot Rap Songs top 10. By Keith Caulfield We’re counting down the days to the unveiling ...
CNN

Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82

H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. He was 82. Brown — ...
The New York Times

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention. By Paul Vitello Jamil Abdullah ...