Right-wingers are pushing a conspiracy theory claiming the popularity of Ella Langley can be attributed to DOGE's USAID cuts ...

Conservative commentators are claiming USAID funded rap to control culture, but the facts show the genre's decline started ...

Rap and hip-hop music originated in the early 1970s as a minimalist sound that was contradictory to the formulaic and heavily orchestrated music coming from dance clubs and house parties. Since its ...

This time capsule is easy to find if you know where to look.

MAGA Influencer Benny Johnson got absolutely shredded for crowing that country music was beating rap on the charts and ...

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 ...

Rap music—an art form that turned fifty this year despite being pronounced dead many times over—supposedly died again on April 19, amid the ongoing contest of champions between Compton and Toronto’s ...

Released in 1995, this landmark album introduced a groundbreaking sound that helped reshape rap music.

Hip-hop started out in the parks and traveled around the globe and back, picking up new accents and flavors in every region and time zone, rubbing elbows with other genres and cultures, and adapting ...

It’s a cycle on repeat: A beloved rapper is murdered. Family, friends and fans react online. The case is investigated yet typically goes unsolved. The hip-hop community calls for change, but there ...

Cardi B’s first song of the year has arrived, and the rapper used her comeback to fire off a pointed shot at the president. The rapper—whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar—released her new ...

Issa Rae and Syreeta Singleton's second season of "Rap Sh!t" is finally on the way. Season two was initially delayed until the fall due to the WGA strike and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. But fans ...