Rap music felt as vital as ever in 2017, regaining its dominance on the charts and securing its stranglehold on the pop cultural zeitgeist. As such, there was a lot of rap music to get mad or ...

When writers used to ask if rock was dead, it wasn’t actually a question of life or death. The real issue was power; what was meant by “rock” wasn’t rock music, but the genre’s imperial stature ...

Years from now, when fans look back at 2017 hip-hop and try to make sense of a raw underground scene that bubbled up from SoundCloud pages to form massive followings and shake up the industry, there's ...

Uncle Murda is back. On Monday (Jan. 1), the G-Unit Records rapper returned with "Rap Up 2017," his hilariously frank recap of the last year. As was the case with his last installment, Murda—also ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about how the lack of a legitimate middle class in rap could lead to unforeseeable consequences for the genre of rap as a whole should interest in the biggest names ever ...

As per usual, Skillz delivered another entertaining yearly rap-up song -- this time for the crazy year of 2017. Over 50 Cent’s “Big Rich Town” beat (aka Power’s theme song), the Virgina lyricist ...

The 2017 Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place this Sunday (Feb. 12). Hip-hop will be well represented at the upcoming ceremony with four rap categories. Some of hip-hop's finest are also ...

Rap-wise, 2017is off to a slow start. Migos dropped their highly anticipated sophomore studio album Culture, but none of the individual verses stood out as a clear winner for Best Rap Verse of the ...

For the first time ever, R&B/hip-hop has surpassed rock to become the biggest music genre in the U.S. in terms of total consumption, according to Nielsen Music's 2017 year-end report. Eight of the 10 ...

It isn't really up for debate: 2017 was the greatest year in DMV rap history. If you need proof, flip the radio on anywhere in this country and count the minutes before you hear the voice of GoldLink ...

A Texas rapper who performed as Tay-K and was best known for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man.

Earlier this year, I sang the praises of the debut full-length album by the group ÌFÉ, a dramatic meditation on traditional Afro-Cuban rumba and santeria music. After seeing the band live in ...