Orioles first baseman has spent the offseason pondering what walk-up song he’ll use at Camden Yards and he wants fans’ ...

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The underground has always existed. Wherever there’s a mainstream, there’s a counterculture bubbling underneath it—breaking ...

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

Drawing from the team’s new identity, Seattle native Draze, formally known as Dumi Maraire Jr., wrote a hit song to highlight ...

Asked to write a song for Young Thug, Nate Ruess accidentally wrote the perfect ending to The Format's first release in 20 ...

Jan. 21 is a day that has witnessed numerous transformative events whose impact can still be felt in the hip-hop world.

From the realism of Canserbero to the nostalgic pop of Elena Rose, these tracks show Venezuelans preserving their country and identity beyond borders.

From Run-DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to “Trap Christmas”…rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms. Christmas in Hip-Hop has never been ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...