Thanks to great new singles from Beyoncé and Drake, it’s become the summer of hip hop with house beats. Larger-than-life figures like those two have the power to dominate the conversation and steer ...

Though the duo of MC and DJ complement one another’s abilities, upon further inspection, they basically use different methods ...

A good rap/rock fusion seems as elusive as a tasty low-cal dessert. It worked 25 years ago in the hands of Run-D.M.C and Rick Rubin, but the rash of thick-skulled rap-metal that sprung up in the late ...

The past two decades of hip-hop music have been well-documented, thanks to social media and streaming platforms. Today, anyone with internet access can essentially tap into a database of their ...

New Music Friday is back, and this week's new album drops are giving fans plenty to be excited about. The albums are a mix of ...

After wrapping the last century on a high note that only Mariah Carey’s vocal cords could challenge, R&B and hip-hop’s contributions to the musical canon swelled in the first 25 years of the 21st ...

About two years ago, a TV show called “The Rap of China” helped bring underground Chinese hip-hop into the mainstream. The show was a hit, and the music got popular. Now Chinese hip-hop is part of ...

The Seattle hip-hop community lost one of its most influential early ambassadors last week: “Nasty” Nes Rodriguez died Saturday in Los Angeles, his widow, Llola Rodriguez, announced the following ...

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. It wasn’t always ...