Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yukmouth (L) and Numskull of Luniz pose during KMEL Summer Jam at Shoreline Amphitheatre in 1995. (Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ...

Twenty-year-old, San Diego, Calif.-bred rapper Joey Trap is on the rise. His climb up the ladder to achieve hip-hop success is a topic he touches on in the latest edition of XXL's What I Do series.

Lotto Savage is an Atlanta rapper, part of Slaughter Gang, and a close homie of 21 Savage. He popped up in the rap game out of nowhere in 2015, bringing that real talk about trapping, hustling, and ...

The real New York It Girls are here. The Bronx’s Ice Spice gave the world a peek at the lingo, style, and unbothered confidence of the city’s flyest, and her right hand Cleotrapa is ready to do the ...

Celebrating 25 Years of J Dilla's 'Welcome 2 Detroit' On 'Welcome 2 Detroit,' the legendary rapper/producer did more than just announce himself, he painted a picture of his city using a palette from ...

What is trap music? According to T.I., on the title track of his genre-defining Trap Muzik, it ain’t no album and it ain’t no game. Indeed, the origins of trap go beyond music — beyond even the ...

Yukmouth, producer Tone Capone, and singer Michael Marshall break down the making of the Bay Area Classic ‘I Got 5 On It (feat. Michael Marshall)’ Yukmouth (L) and Numskull of Luniz pose during KMEL ...

It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to buy a twenty sack. A chant: “I got five on it.” What happened next was part ...