At a time when so much Black popular culture was driven by a sense of safe accessibility, Run-D.M.C. led a wave of rap renegades.

And in this case, we wanted to share three rap music one-hit wonders from the 90s that may just inspire you to write your own rhymes. “Insane In The Brain” by Cypress Hill from ‘Black Sunday ...

But these ills aren’t B.G.’s fault. The violence Landrieu references isn’t a product of rap, but poverty; censoring B.G.’s music is unlikely to put a dent in New Orleans’ violent crime rate.

Paid in Full is the first album showing that rap albums are truly an art form, not just a collection of records. The game hasn’t been the same since. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us ...

Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has written a poem in rap form to celebrate Prince William's 21st birthday on Saturday. His tribute entitled On The Record - published below - consists of a "kind of rap" ...

You could barely escape poetry back in the day. Newspapers commissioned bits of doggerel to print between columns. The N.A.A.C.P.’s doughty house organ and beacon to Black America, “The Crisis ...

BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman’s ‘All the Way’ should be the model for all country-rap crossovers: Pair two artists who respect what the other does and keep them in their own lane.