Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It ...

The rapper and podcast host reflects on message boards, digital archiving and why the internet once invited listeners to dig ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia ...

Industry insiders mull over the history of 'experimental' as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

One of the music's most iconic figures of the 21st century, who has 24 Grammy Awards, was born on this day in 1977.

Earlier this week, Justin Bieber took to Instagram Live to show fans a trio of songs he’d been working on. The last of these was a Lil Pump-style bop, with Bieber repeating, “you ain’t never met ...

On Friday (Oct. 18), Mexican artist Chino Pacas released his new album Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas, which surprisingly features Drake on the song "Modo Capone" with Fuerza Regida. However, instead of ...