With the hottest days of summer coming up quick, these are 10 trap rap songs that you're gonna want on your poolside playlist ...

Sleepy Brown of the iconic Dungeon Family recalled how a Busta Rhymes studio visit inspired one of the best southern rap ...

"Rapper's Delight" was one of the first-ever rap songs, introducing a whole new genre to music lovers all over the world. The ...

James Brown was the root of so much musical mastery, and he held up the entirety of the hip-hop and rap music landscape as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

Kinshasa, DR Congo—Clad in his black cassock and energized by the frenetic beat, Jean-Pierre Mongambi, Kinshasa’s “rapping ...

While plenty of energy was spent this year debating whether or not rap was still at the forefront of pop culture as it reached its fiftieth anniversary, there was no shortage of exciting new music to ...

50 years after its birth, hip-hop has become an integral part of mainstream American culture. With its roots in the voices of marginalized communities, hip-hop is reflected in everything from a ...

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Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.