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 ...

When the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” debuted in 1979, I remember it as a moment of connection. My parents purchased the 12-inch extended single for my sister and me. And, like many kids, we ...

Ahead of his Camp Flog Gnaw performance with Larry June and 2 Chainz, the Alchemist opens up about his evolution as both a ...

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from ...

The Hip Hop Chip Shop, a central hub for Manchester, England's hip-hop community, seen here on March 11, 2025. (James Francis Whitehead/Courthouse News) MANCHESTER, England (CN) — When local rapper ...

As the first day of summer arrives, a handful of talented rappers are dropping major heat with their new projects. This week, a Bay Area rhymer releases his long-awaited album, a Brooklyn rapper ...

This installment of the reality television franchise created by Mona Scott-Young in 2011 is now the longest-running Love & Hip Hop series in history. Per the season’s official description: The ...

Drake has responded to an old rumor that a T.I. associated once urinated on the Canadian rapper.