Rapsody has secured an additional nomination for “Best Rap Song” with her track "Asteroids," featuring three-time Grammy ...

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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 ...

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Hip hop historian Bill Adler said, “Joe Conzo is the greatest hip hop photographer of all because he came from within the ...

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When hip-hop music was first created in the parks of New York City in the late 1970s, the sounds were born from records and turntables. Using groundbreaking but also rudimentary equipment ...

But what’s happening in hip-hop at large is an artist’s world takeover, moving beyond just music. Hip-hop was essentially a street art form that has grown into a billion-dollar industry. In 2024’s ...

While the Peabody Institute Bachelor of Music in Hip Hop is the first of its kind in the country, it’s far from the genre’s first foray into learning.

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“What I’ve noticed is I’ve been on a run of making super hip-hop music and that sh*t doesn’t pay the bills,” he said. “It’s because I made all my money before doing pop and turn-up ...