After a year dominated by one major event—Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar—it’s easy to forget that the sounds pushing rap music forward often come from the fringes. That’s why our annual Rappers to Watch ...

From streaming to scamming, it has never been easier for a young person to buck the system and make money or gain attention quickly. Not particularly high on this list of ventures is making rap music, ...

It’s impossible to overstate just how influential Too Short is to hip-hop culture. He is the only rapper to have worked with all of The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and 2Pac, and over the span of his ...

Hip-hop and R&B genres have been so intertwined that having a singer and rapper on one track has become a common practice. But these R&B singers thought that conquering just one genre wasn’t enough ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia ...

The release of Doechii’s debut mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal has cemented the ascent of a brand-new rap superstar. Unfortunately, it also resurrected a tired, misogynistic conversation among rap ...

(SOUNDBITE OF GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE SONG, "THE MESSAGE") MOSLEY: "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is considered one of the most influential rap records and is ...

Many people know him by one name: Chance. A three-time Grammy winner with deep Chicago roots, Chance the Rapper is known for ...

A rapping dad is going viral for putting his own twist on classic hip-hop songs in wholesome videos with his kids—all while performing with a children's sing-along microphone. "I've been a rap fan my ...

Melvin Barcliff, who went by Magoo, collaborated with Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams. He emerged from a Virginia Beach rap crew that produced several future superstars. This week, the ...