Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...

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THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR RAP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. Mac Miller ...

It’s not very often we give the Grammy Awards credit for getting it right when it comes to rap. Since formally recognizing the genre, the Recording Academy has contributed to a few rap upsets over the ...

A cause of death was not provided in the statement. Gotti, whose last name is Lorenzo, rose to prominence working with rap artists who went on to become major stars in the late 1990s and early ...

A man convicted of murder in London was taken back into custody after a report emerged that he was anonymously making drill rap music. The victim’s family worries his music could bring him more ...

Don't mind us crying after watching Doechii's acceptance speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards. "I don't wanna make this long but this category was introduced in 1989 and only two women have won ...

It’s proving to be much more than a novelty. By Jon Caramanica How will rap hits get made in 2025? Judging by the year’s first unexpected hip-hop breakthrough, the answer is by accident ...

While there are plenty of recent rap songs that sampled early 2000s sounds, they mostly rip a loop and put it under modern drums. “Tweaker,” with its NOLA bounce-inspired percussion and ...

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