Recency bias is real. As 2021 races to a close and music obsessives rush to build their personal year-end lists, those tallies will likely be skewed toward releases that have hit the web since the ...

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 7 ...

Drake (seen in 2005 at left and in 2021 at right) was adamant about keeping his singing and his acting careers separate when starting out. WireImage; Getty Images for Noir He may not have been a ...

Virgil, like the rappers he loved, was using his gifts to infiltrate the establishment.

For the first time ever, this year's MOBO Awards will "celebrate the artistry" of drill rap. A new category is being introduced to the ceremony, which showcases the best black music in the UK, Africa, ...

Quarantine and the first six months of 2021 have been pretty good for T-Pain. The Tallahassee-born singer and rapper has remained a prolific figure in public consciousness since he pioneered the ...

“The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap,” a 129-song boxed set, has a very challenging (and maybe impossible) goal: pinning down a constantly evolving genre. By Jon Caramanica In 1990, hip-hop ...

"The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap" features 129 songs from the last four decades. The anthology will be paired with a 300-page book featuring relevant essays and pieces. The anthology will ...

Last month, Your Old Droog released his new album Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition, which was produced/mixed by Tha God Fahim and executive produced by Mach-Hommy, and now Droog and Fahim have dropped a new ...