A lot of this year’s biggest names are, in fact, all up for the same accolade. The Best Hip-Hop category lines up Cardi B, ...

Hip-hop is going to be fine. Lately, fans have been going through an existential crisis over the state of the genre and culture. For the first time since February 1990, there are no rap songs in the ...

Last year, some fans declared that hip-hop is dead. While its "revival" in 2024 was massive, it came with difficult questions. 2024 might just be the most consequential year of the decade so far ...

Hip hop culture is arguably the most impactful artistic export the U.S. has to offer. It left its mark on everything: no haute couture house or Eastern European indie band was left untouched. What’s ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...

Trill Hip Hop Shop in Phoenix is a haven for hip-hop enthusiasts, offering collectibles, music and streetwear. Owner Chuck Huus, a former b-boy, has created a space that celebrates hip-hop culture ...

In the last 51 years, hip-hop has grown from what some people believed to be a fad to a global phenomenon. The culture has produced ground-breaking artists and record-breaking sales numbers, leading ...

Eight years ago, in his West Coast marijuana haze, Snoop Dogg ardently sang along to YG and Nipsey Hussle’s anti-Trump protest song, "FDT," which stands for "F**k Donald Trump." “We ain’t voting for ...

According to booking records, Sidney was taken into custody on Sunday and charged with sexual battery against a child under 16, aggravated child molestation, and sodomy. She is accused of confessing ...

The script by veteran playwright Idris Goodwin has a lot to say about formative years — how kids find themselves, the influence of parents, and, in the case of Black and Latino kids in predominantly ...

I took up the thought experiment on the differences in how Christian Hip Hop artists define their work. Progressing down this unexpected rabbit hole, varying labels began to surface. I was aware there ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from IDK, Reason, and TiaCorine. The avalanche of new releases in hip-hop continued this week, albeit at a slightly slower rate than ...