DECATUR — Rap and hip-hop are about telling your story. Millikin University offered a camp, Rap U, this week for young people to learn to write and perform their own pieces. Camp leader Kaream ...

This story is the second installment of a three-part series discussing major changes in popular music throughout the course of 2024. Today’s story focuses on the current state of rap music. This year ...

A$AP Rocky discussed the state of rap in 2025. Here's what he said about the music industry and why 'nobody' wants to be a ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

While rap music was born in the 1970s with groups like The Sugarhill Gang, it was codified in the 1980s with outfits like Run-DMC. But it was the 1990s when everything fell into place and the genre ...

Rap music stands as a vibrant tapestry woven into the very fabric of the Black community, serving not just as an art form but as a resonant voice echoing its culture, struggles, and resilience. Yet, ...

As we celebrate the 50th year of hip-hop's vibrant existence and look to the future, we must first embark on a comprehensive journey through its storied chapters. Undoubtedly, that exploration begins ...

The suspect said the 17-year-old victim's rap music made him feel "unsafe." An Arizona man said he fatally stabbed a teenage boy last week because the 17-year-old's rap music made him feel "unsafe," ...

As district attorneys across the country have used rap lyrics to build criminal cases against artists with growing frequency since the early 2000s, state lawmakers are looking to implement a legal ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.