It might seem easier than ever to make a hit rap song these days. The importance of wordplay may have diminished in the minds of some fans (Lil Pump's "Gucci Gang" repeats the titular catchphrase a ...

There's no shortage of adjectives to describe these past 12 months. Donald Trump may have assumed the Oval Office—in turn hogging media attention and garnering more headlines than ever before—but ...

For nearly 40 years, hip-hop has almost exclusively been dominated by men. Often criticized for its traditionally tone deaf and sexist lyrics, the “boys only” club rarely gives women their props–let ...

Rapper Eminem took on President Donald Trump. — -- The BET 2017 Hip Hop Awards aired Tuesday night from Miami. It was a big night for Cardi B, who won five awards, including single of the year ...

Coachella 2017 goes down this Friday (April 14) through Sunday (April 16). The second weekend is 4/21-4/23. As always, the Coachella lineup is very diverse in terms of genre. Here’s a guide to this ...

Jay-Z and Chance the Rapper also score five nominations apiece as the annual ceremony moves to Miami. By Gail Mitchell, Billboard.com Newcomer Cardi B joins Kendrick Lamar and DJ Khaled as the lead ...

I've been waiting for Overdoz to blow up for a while now. Along with groups like Pac Div, Tiron & Omari and U-N-I, they help to reroute and shape what we know as today's West Coast hip-hop sound. The ...

This year has been an exceptional one for music across all genres, but perhaps it was more so for hip-hop. In 2017, the American-made art form became the number-one consumed genre in the country, ...

Another year is almost out the door. As a music fan, I'll remember 2017 as the year hip-hop and R&B finally overtook rock as the dominant form of music, according to Nielson, a company that tracks ...

Boy band BTS's 2017 hip-hop track "Anpanman" is climbing up the charts almost eight years after its release, with the ...

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 ...

The M.I sparked debate being one of the major highlights of the year as far as Naija Hip-Hop is concerned. Looking at the present state of Nigerian Hip-Hop and comparing it to the days when the likes ...