When writers used to ask if rock was dead, it wasn’t actually a question of life or death. The real issue was power; what was meant by “rock” wasn’t rock music, but the genre’s imperial stature ...

On the strength of staggering streaming numbers, hip-hop officially became the dominant genre in America for the first time ever this year. The metrics finally caught up to the zeitgeist, leading to a ...

As we enter the new year, Skillz once again recaps the previous 365 days in the latest installment of his annual series "2017 Rap Up." This year, Skillz grabs 50 Cent’s "Big Rich Town" beat, a.k.a the ...

Rap music may seem synonymous with black culture, but if you look beyond the surface to its earliest incarnation, you'd find that the genre was cultivated in large part with the assistance of Latin ...

Uncle Murda (aka Lenny Grant) is back to deliver his own recap of 2017. The Brooklyn rapper dropped a nine-minute long “Rap-Up 2017” banger chock full of snarky remarks and biting commentary. Unlike ...

"Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild West. A state that's untouchable like Eliot Ness." His latest game, Project Rap Rabbit, fell woefully short of its Kickstarter goal this week. I met ...

In London's rap scene, recording a Fire in the Booth session on BBC's 1Xtra radio station is a huge step for any hip hop artist trying to become famous. And if you're really lucky, your rap will go ...

There's a saying that you should always expect the unexpected, but many rap fans didn't know what the writing on the wall was coming into 2017. 2016 had been a landmark year for rap music, with a slew ...

In his short life, MIKE has lived in New Jersey, Hackney, Essex, and Brooklyn. This year, he was separated from his mother, who was in Nigeria dealing with visa issues. On May God Bless Your Hustle, ...

After a 2016 slate that included inspired albums by Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, and more, hip-hop seemed destined for a quiet year in 2017. Instead, A-listers from Drake and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Streaming changed things. 2017 was the year that rap once again reaffirmed its stranglehold on the collective imagination of ...