Florida has the second highest number of rap-related cases, only trumped by California, which has since banned the use of lyrics in trials under most circumstances. In one of the first prominent ...

Nasir Jones is a storyteller. He makes that clear on “Illmatic,” an introspective and poetic album that set the foundation for rap music. With a smooth flow and contemplative lyrics over jazz-heavy ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Young Thug, Killer Mike, and more have also expressed support for similar arguments in response to the Texas sentencing.

What does good rapping sound like in 2025? It depends on who you ask. It’s no secret that hip-hop is more splintered than ever, with different pockets and intersections thriving in their own ...

The Son of Man will send his angels ... with a breakbeat. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage for The Recording Academy via Getty Images If Christ then was Biggie (apologies to 2Pac), the twelve apostles — ...

At various points in my previous articles, I have at least pointed to the fact that I, having been born in the 2000s, had to learn about hip-hop out of order, at least compared to those who had been ...

No one believes that country music legend Johnny Cash shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. When Cash in 1968 released “Folsom Prison Blues,” a ballad about shooting and killing a man for no ...