Artists on the label include Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Armani Caesar, Rome Stre,etz and Boldy James. If there’s a conversation about street rap, Griselda is the first ...

That’s why he and a slew of other rap artists are doing the next best thing: repurposing classic rap moments with modern percussion and techniques, making it hip-hop’s answer to the cover song.

The YSL RICO case has also hindered two artists who could’ve made a mark on the charts this year. Young Thug had two straight Billboard 200 toppers with So Much Fun and Punk before he was ...

Representing the number nine on 24/7 Wall St.’s list of the 11 most popular rap & hip-hop artists according to baby boomers: ranked is Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Loutarila, who was born in Evry, Essonne, on April 3, 2000, took up the nickname "Koba LaD" about the rebellious ape Koba ...

Houston rap is in an interesting spot going into 2025. We have established stars that have crossed over into the mainstream or been major players for years now in Megan Thee Stallion and Travis Scott.

Leonard Pitts is one of my favorite journalists, a foot soldier in print, but I found it difficult to reconcile this with his take on rap music, specifically the “gangsta” rap artists and ...

Now, RICO laws allow prosecutors to use rap lyrics as evidence to implicate a collective of Black rap artists in a criminal organization. The first instance of this occurred in 2022, when Grammy award ...

Rap and hip-hop artists are asking Congress to pass legislation that would prevent lyrics from being used against artist defendants in criminal cases, which advocates say is a clear hit on the ...

House Democrats are pushing a new bill that would make it illegal for prosecutors to use violent lyrics by rap artists against them in court if they commit crimes, citing First Amendment ...

Rap on trial: Career of former rapper halted when lyrics used against him in court 07:27. If you meet McKinley Phipps now, he's a far cry from the 20-year-old, chart-climbing rapper known as Mac ...

Public Enemy's Chuck D, one of hip-hop's most prominent political voices is also a co-founder of the Hip Hop Alliance, an organization that fights for artists’ fair royalties, retirement savings ...