Rap’s And Wrestling’s Bond Is Stronger Than Ever, Thanks to WWE And Netflix

The streaming powerhouse hosted an exclusive brunch on Wrestlemania weekend, where major podcasts, artists, celebrities and ...

This H-Town classic was possibly the first rap video ever uploaded to YouTube

Lil' Keke's Houston anthem "Southside" was quite possibly the first professionally made rap video uploaded to YouTube. The ...

Milwaukee's Rap J brings uplifting resilience to Anodyne concert

Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth and freestyle rapping since he was six, the artist born Jaquawn Gatson performed at ...
Forbes

Rap Battles Are Now Big Business: Billions Of Views, Millions In Profits—And Cannabis Wants In

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Javier Hasse is a cannabis and psychedelics reporter and book author. Tens of millions of social media followers. Thousands of ...
NBC News

Rap industry leaders say hip-hop should not be the ‘scapegoat’ for the growing violence

It’s a cycle on repeat: A beloved rapper is murdered. Family, friends and fans react online. The case is investigated yet typically goes unsolved. The hip-hop community calls for change, but there ...

Gwendolyn Chisolm, Who Rhymed on Rap’s First Female Hit, Dies at 66

A chance encounter led to overnight success for the Sequence, a seminal trio whose “Funk You Up” broke barriers.

NYC Mayor Mamdani is still earning rap music royalties as ‘Young Cardamom,’ tax filings show

According to his redacted 2012 tax return, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg received somewhere between $2,000 and $10,000 in ...
American Songwriter

There Are No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for the First Time in 40 Years, but Why—a Dip in Commercial Dominance, Rule Changes, Taylor Swift?

The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...
Phys.org

Rap music is being used as evidence to convict children of serious crimes: Report

New research from the University of Manchester has found that children are being swept up in murder and attempted murder cases—and being tried in adult courts—partly due to rap music culture being ...
People

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...