We don't talk about the sound of rap anymore, because there isn't one. Or two. Or twelve. The map is more like a metaverse, a malleable collection of regional sounds, virtual alliances and divergent ...

As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make it a point to have my songs reviewed by other artists I admire. So when I released “i used to love to dream” – my latest album – in ...

The Atlantic recording artist also joins 2Pac and Lil Wayne on an exclusive list of rappers. YoungBoy Never Broke Again scored his fourth career #1 album on the Billboard 200. Sincerely, Kentrell ...

For the first time this decade, three rap albums are nominated for Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys. Here’s why hip-hop ...

Ahead of its fifth anniversary in September, Washington D.C.’s National Museum of African American History and Culture — in collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings — has announced a massive ...