Dive into the texts that capture the genre’s evolution—from street cyphers and style revolutions to political expression and Black culture.

People enjoy hip-hop during the Governors Ball Music Festival at Citi Field in New York. Chinese rap music is becoming popular in the US as hip-hop music combines with Chinese content and culture.

Denzel Curry’s IG rant takes aim at the rap industry, calling out weak sounds, fake styles, and a lack of respect across ...

Art, Beats + Lyrics (AB+L), the acclaimed touring showcase blending contemporary art and hip-hop culture, will return to Chicago on Friday, October 17, 2025. The event takes over the Aon Grand ...

Before the rap world's East Coast-West Coast rivalry hit the headlines in the '90s, another war was brewing, silent but equally important. While it didn't claim lives, the war challenged identities.

If you were living under a rock, this song went platinum on TikTok. “Mona Lisa” features Kendrick Lamar where the two narrate the story of their interactions with a seductive stranger, “Mona Lisa.” ...

Craving a funky hip-hop track with samples that somehow make feeling “lonely” sound cool? Yeah, it’s a specific ask—but hey, someone had to say it. Enter genre-defying artist, songwriter, and producer ...

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

Paramount+ is bringing the beat to the block with HIP HOP WAS BORN HERE, a new five-part docuseries co-created and executive produced by Hip Hop legend LL COOL J and NFL icon Peyton Manning. Hosted by ...

June 27 (UPI) --Paramount+ announced Friday that LL Cool J is soon to helm a fresh music docuseries for its platform that will provide a deep dive into everything hip-hop. LL Cool J, born James Todd ...

LL Cool J digs into how New York City shaped the creation and evolution of rap in the new trailer for the upcoming docuseries, Hip-Hop Was Born Here. The five-part series will offer a kind of ...

LL Cool J speaks onstage during “The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles” at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 27, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin ...