hip hop

48 min read 2022-07-01 19:07:28

The Art And Profiteering Of Death: 100 Rappers Who Were Murdered

There’s a half-joke that being a hip-hop artist is the most dangerous job in the world, based on the growing list of rappers who were murdered.

2 min read 2022-07-01 01:37:42

Hip-hop veteran Joe Budden seems to be no fan of drill music, particularly New York drill. In fact, he recently declared that the hip-hop sub-genre

2 min read 2022-06-30 17:41:02

Are Hong Kong model Angelababy and Taiwanese rapper MC HotDog set for a high-profile, public feud like the one between Kanye West and Taylor

3 min read 2022-06-30 02:18:09

By all accounts, Jack Harlow is rising in the hip-hop world, despite being white in a genre dominated by Black artists. But Harlow’s sensation has

3 min read 2022-06-30 02:18:09

By all accounts, Jack Harlow is rising in the hip-hop world, despite being white in a genre dominated by Black artists. But Harlow’s sensation has

3 min read 2022-06-30 02:18:09

By all accounts, Jack Harlow is rising in the hip-hop world, despite being white in a genre dominated by Black artists. But Harlow’s sensation has

6 min read 2022-06-29 20:24:52

“AIDS ain’t got no smell or taste / It don’t care about your race.” In February 1992, Salt N’ Pepa released an AIDS-themed rework of

2 min read 2022-06-28 21:29:30

Chaka Zulu, a well-known Atlanta music executive and longtime manager of the hip-hop star Ludacris, was shot but survived a shooting on Sunday, June

1 min read 2022-06-28 19:40:00

Photo: Jonnie Chambers Hudson Mohawke, real name Ross Birchard, will release Cry Sugar, a new album on Warp Records. Cry Sugar is Mohwake’s third

6 min read 2022-06-28 19:10:03

Afeni Shakur, the mother of hip-hop great Tupac “2Pac” Shakur, was born Alice Faye Williams in Lumberton, North Carolina, in 1947. A political

6 min read 2022-06-24 23:22:42

FURY combines socially-conscious hip-hop with activism to empower the West Side and the city’s arts community as a whole. When Stephanie Jordan

7 min read 2022-06-23 18:48:45

Walks of Fame is a monthly column where we profile a famous individual from China (or of Chinese heritage) whom you should know more about. This

2 min read 2022-06-22 16:00:23

Brixton-rapper Noble1BOF celebrates the release of his acclaimed mixtape Benefits of Freedom, with an all-star cast of rap, hip-hop, soul and RnB

2 min read 2022-06-22 02:39:47

Record label 300 Entertainment, which distributes Young Thug’s YSL (Young Stoner Life) Records, was sold to Warner Music Group in December 2021.

3 min read 2022-06-22 02:20:32

Young Thug, one of the country’s most successful hip-hop artists, is facing 20 years to life in prison after being arrested and charged on May 9