The trial of rapper A$AP Rocky is progressing according to standard legal procedure, but there have been no lack of unusual ...

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As with hip-hop, by the the mid-1980s house music had become a cultural force, spreading from Chicago to Detroit, to New York and, eventually, to the U.K.’s rave scene. Its emphasis on repetition, ...

Hip-hop star Sexyy Red came under fire after sharing a shocking yet “distasteful” photo of herself and Dr. Martin Luther King ...

The Toronto rapper is already losing in the court of public opinion. By Angel Diaz What is Drake doing? Tuesday night, Rap Twitter was sent into a frenzy when news of Drake withdrawing his legal ...

Recently, reading “Some Lines Written in Clare Priory Yard,” by G.C. Waldrep, I recognized a Heidegger reference: “I am,/in these moments, at the center of the world worlding.” I might ...

The tropical paradise of Hainan is embracing a new rhythm as international hip-hop takes center stage. Following the tremendous success of Kanye West’s September 2024 performances, which ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Buggy Jive performs during the fourth annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards (aka The Eddies) at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady in 2022. Musician Sammy Hagar performs on stage ahead ...

AP Isn’t this “meta.” An Instagram user was scrolling through his feed only to stumble upon AI-generated photos of himself shared by Meta AI, a phenomenon that people have dubbed ...