When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

After a quiet 2024, the Watts-raised rapper-singer reworks that sound with “Fvcked Up,” a sunkissed pop instrumental that ...

Each month, we share the latest in rap, rock ... click on each artist to hear more of their songs, share them or add them to your own playlists to listen to at home or on a mobile device.

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song.

(From left to right) Headie One, KSI and Meg Thee Stallion Rap music had its most successful year ever in the UK in 2020, according to new figures. Data from the BPI - the UK's association of ...

For those willing to dig a little deeper than Spotify’s Rap Caviar, there’s no shortage of vital and surprising music being made in regional scenes from Philadelphia to Chicago to Orlando.