Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel says his upcoming album will be titled God and Time, and that the project will take a certain ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The column is ...

Game initially crowned himself as the superior rapper out of Compton during a December Club Shay Shay interview.

On the latest episode of Joe and Jada, the LOX rapper suggested that rumors about Cole releasing a mixtape ahead of his highly anticipated album The Fall Off might actually be true. While speaking ...

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California, in 1987, and was still a baby when his hometown became synonymous with gangsta rap with the 1989 release of N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton. So ...

The next chapter of Atlanta rap is shaping up to be something of a return to form. Projects from Metro-Boomin and Anycia, as well as a crop of young rappers, are reprising the “Old Atlanta” feel. In ...

“These artists weren’t just entertainers—they were educators, cultural critics, and community historians.” — Dr. Reiland Rabaka In Part 2 of our Hip Hop Studies series, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores the ...

Memphis rap pioneers were celebrated at the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. The concert paid tribute to the late Gangsta Boo, a prominent figure in Memphis rap. Memphis rap is enjoying a ...

Queen banned "gangster rap" artists from sampling their back catalogue amid fears it would "promote violence or abuse". Sir Brian May says the British rock band took a stance to say no to certain ...

I was at the beach and Julie, Emily, and their friends knew all the words to Gangsta's Paradise By Coolio. Mom Worried If New Rescue Dog Had ‘Bonded’ With Baby, Then She Caught Them Why South Park Did ...

January 2025 kicked off with a major ice storm across the U.S. and Canada dumping more than a foot of snow across multiple states and provinces. And the frost isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, with ...