Today marks 15 years since Nigeria lost the remarkable rapper Da Grin. Da Grin's legacy shines in the enduring success of ...

Newsweek sat with electric rap duo Paris Texas to talk about their high-energy performances, genre-bending jams, and standout ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion ...

Also cited in my doctoral work, presented in my interview with the University of Virginia, was scholar Joe Schloss, who worked at the school from 2000–2001. In 2009, he wrote "Foundation: B-boys, ...

On April 16, hip-hop hitmaker NLE Choppa wasn’t rapping but rather reading his new book to South Memphis school children.

Rivers’ Hip-Hop Technology and Production course. The project itself was inspired by Dr ... Marketing permission: I give my consent to the University of New Haven's Office of Marketing & ...

Now, after years of serving up old-school beats and battered fish ... Through it all, venues like the Hip Hop Chip Shop have played an integral role in the rise of new artists. “I think of them as ...

As the trip to Curacao concludes, Trick Daddy tries to broker peace between Allan and Emjay in a new episode of “Love & Hip Hop: Miami,” which airs on Monday, April 21. In Monday’s new ...

Imyounik, the Dallas-born rapper shaking up hip-hop’s status quo ... Imyounik continues to carve her own lane. Her new track “How High,” released on April 14, is a bold celebration of ...

If you cannot see it, but cannot hear it/ Whoa, new gens can’t dance to this/ Here right now the place to be/ Why everybody’s always pickin’ on we?/ We the people, ‘crossed all ages/ Now joined by a ...

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Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...