Most independent rappers don’t fail because the music is bad. They fail because they don’t understand the first 24 hours.

A report suggests that USAID infiltrated Cuba's nascent hip-hop scene several years ago. Now that Cuba-U.S. relations have officially begun to... What A Failed Hip-Hop Experiment Can Teach Us About ...

In January 2013, I wrote a revealing, soul-baring article titled “Confessions of a Failed Hip Hop Publicist” which expressed my profound disgust with the music industry, my disappointment in the ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

In a time when culture is flattened into data points and reduced to whatever survives the algorithm, Chuck D has done what he ...

The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons met for their Week 12 matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but the Falcons tripped up before the teams took the field. Their public address system appeared to ...

On Dec. 20, the Philadelphia rapper reacted to the rising “F*** the Streets” language circulating across the genre. Rather ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...