Halsey has dropped a few bars to Kendrick Lamar ‘s “Swimming Pools (Drank),” and it’s going viral. On Wednesday (Nov. 19), ...

In the worldwide cultural juggernaut that is hip-hop, it's widely understood that the spontaneous lyrical improvisation of freestyle rap is the genre's purest form of creation. More often than not, ...

Red Bull Spiral Freestyle is rapidly becoming one of pop culture’s lightning rods, generating viral buzz as performers use ...

For many rappers it’s been a way to earn instant street cred as they come up with rhymes delivered on the spot, often in complex word battles with other lyricists. Now a new documentary filled with a ...

A police officer protecting and serving the suburbs of one of America’s blackest cities was demoted and given an extended weekend break after posting a mumblerap freestyle to social media that could ...

A few years ago at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the effortlessly cool Bozoma Saint John, then running marketing efforts for Apple Music, tried to get the audience to first clap in time to ...

The other day I joked to my friend from Jacksonville that so many Florida rappers feel like ex–college football players who only started rapping because they got kicked off the team. One of the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Rising Toronto rapper and OVO Sound artist Smiley has shared "Rush Hour ...

Karrahbooo doesn’t break a sweat when she raps; every punchline of hers seems like it should be followed by a yawn. The emerging Atlanta rapper’s “On the Radar” freestyle is even more relaxed than her ...

A strategic but unforced shutdown of the conscious mind can put the mouth in overdrive and birth a potent rapper. (Credit: Getty Images) One day in the third-grade lunch room I somehow discovered I ...