What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

These rap icons transformed more than just a genre; they shifted the direction of modern music itself. Their innovation and impact continue to shape the sound of today’s biggest artists. Few genres ...

While plenty of energy was spent this year debating whether or not rap was still at the forefront of pop culture as it reached its fiftieth anniversary, there was no shortage of exciting new music to ...

Rap music has a history of breaking barriers and taking risks, and many Korean artists grew up as fans of American hip-hop. K-pop collaborations with rappers go back to the early 2000s. But we really ...

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish. Credit... Supported by By Jon Caramanica For the last year, ...

Une nouvelle étude portant sur 103 conducteurs a révélé que la musique rap et le café améliorent les temps de réaction des conducteurs. CX Lab et U Switch ont collaboré à cette étude, qui a mesuré les ...

It may be a reckless exercise to try and list 25 rap albums memorable for the controversy they induced. Since the mid-Eighties, after the genre slowly evolved from a mostly 12-inch medium to one where ...

Malgré de nombreux obstacles, les rappeuses antillaises, pour l’heure peu visibles et peu reconnues, travaillent à s’imposer dans le rap français, explorant et détournant les richesses de la musique ...