While hip-hop and all of its creative expressions was born in New York City in the late 1970s, it was the 1980s when the music began to come into form. There was excitement and experimentation but ...

In "Gimme a Hug," Drake claims he doesn't care about "a rap beef; I’m tryna get the party lit." This is the Canadian rapper's first album since Kendrick Lamar resurfaced their rap beef last ...

UVa professor A.D. Carson's doctoral dissertation rap album "Owning My Masters" promises "the poems that people are scared to say out loud." ...

Before Kendrick Lamar was a Pulitzer Prize winner with nearly two dozen Grammy Awards under his belt, he was a student in ...

Shortly after “Tweaker” arrived in January, Rolling Stone‘s Andre Gee noted that it could be a glimpse into the future of rap, writing: “Several times a year, hip-hop gets a viral moment ...

Big Boi, Zaytoven participating in economics-focused financial literacy tour scheduled through Feb. 23 in Atlanta ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

One standout track, “Gimme a Hug,” finds Drake addressing past conflicts and rap beefs, including a pointed remark aimed at Joe Budden. On the track, Drake raps about overcoming challenges and ...

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Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...