On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw a “back-to-school jam” that would go down in history. No one knew the tunes emerging from a Bronx rec room would evolve into hip-hop, a genre ...

It hasn’t been a great year for hip-hop regarding charts and sales, and Offset isn’t surprised. “I’m noticing that ‘no content music’ ain’t catching nobody’s ear,” said Offset, 31, when chatting with ...

If you listen to rap music, or if you watch professional basketball, you know that one of the core experiences associated with both is hating. Not in a malicious sense, of course — more a petty one.

Lil Uzi Vert and their new album Pink Tape could finally bring hip-hop its first Billboard Number One album of 2023 next week — a rare delay for the genre, which has gone more than half the year ...

Men lie, women lie, and numbers don’t, but are numbers indicative of something’s actual worth? Nicki Minaj certainly seems to think so. Responding to Megan Thee Stallion’s “subliminal” diss on “HISS,” ...

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I know what to expect when I go see diSiac. I know that I can expect energy, synchrony and technique. I know that I can expect beautiful lifts, flips and short solos cast against a backdrop of strong ...

Are the Grammys biased against hip-hop and rap? Here’s what the numbers say. Drake accepts the Best Rap Song award for ‘God’s Plan’ during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc ...