It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of ...

Doechii’s “Nissan Altima” emerged as one of 2025’s most discussed breakout rap tracks. Featuring stinging lyricism, dramatic ...

Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...

Hip-hop is in a complicated place right now. It’s not the dominant force it once was, but it remains the engine of popular music, with flashier, more global genres borrowing its strategies, sounds, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. “Imagine if a blue collar or middle-class sitcom dad … was cool enough to make rap music, that’s what I ...

CNN host Erin Burnett made New York City Democratic mayoral presumptive nominee Zohran Mamdani awkwardly watch an old rap music video he made under the name “Mr. Cardamom” on Thursday. During an ...

LL Cool J is to host the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The 57-year-old rap icon - who is among the nominees at this year's MTV VMAs - has been announced as the host of the ceremony which is being held ...

Tyla can’t wait to showcase her rap skills. The rising star has been exploring new musical territories since her breakthrough hit. The 23-year-old South African singer – who got her big break after ...