Prolific Hip Hop producer Statik Selektah is losing his mind over the growing support for "Sample Snitching" -- highlighting the source of obscure rap beats -- and is having a ...

As the legendary DJ Premiere once said, “Hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different. And to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.” Rap music ...

Rap beef or battles have been a part of hip-hop since the genre’s inception. In Ghana, the situation is no different as the industry has in times past had its fair share of beef. Following the release ...

Even when the beats hit the hardest, rap music really comes down to the voice: not just the boasts, yarns, protests and exhortations, but the tone, timbre, rhythm, pitch, articulation and attitude.

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. Producers are just as (if not more) important than MCs on a track. As much as fans care ...

Pharrell Williams’ influence as a rapper is often overshadowed by his success as a producer and pop innovator, but that doesn’t mean his pen has been quiet. From his early days as one-half of The ...

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E-40 is big in every sense of the word. Tubby and towering over 6 feet tall with an expansive personality and vocabulary to match, the Vallejo-born MC has gained legendary status in the Bay Area for ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 7 ...

When you think about love in rap, Common's "The Light" is an essential example. From his album "Like Water for Chocolate", Common raps heartfelt lines of devotion over a mesmerizing J Dilla beat, ...

Loud Sound Studios is home to two of Rwanda's up-and-coming hip-hop acts: Pro-Zed and Kenny K-Shot. Hip-hop is all about the beats and the flow. For two Rwandan artists, that flow sometimes comes in ...

Irish native who switched from the music industry to the world of sport moving from Universal Music to AS in 2017. A keen runner, soccer player and now discovering the world's fastest growing sport of ...