Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...

You couldn’t dream of being able to casually watch some of the biggest up-and-coming rap artists in the game, all sitting in a room together, making music live and in real-time. Yet here we are ...

Don't mind us crying after watching Doechii's acceptance speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards. "I don't wanna make this long but this category was introduced in 1989 and only two women have won ...

Three days in, we’ve already begun living up to that standard thanks to the magnificently next-level phrase “swerve, bend that corner,” a new rap refrain courtesy of none other than ...

It’s proving to be much more than a novelty. By Jon Caramanica How will rap hits get made in 2025? Judging by the year’s first unexpected hip-hop breakthrough, the answer is by accident ...

While there are plenty of recent rap songs that sampled early 2000s sounds, they mostly rip a loop and put it under modern drums. “Tweaker,” with its NOLA bounce-inspired percussion and ...

SICK rap lyrics have been posted online boasting of the murder of a boy of 14 — as his mum told of trying to free him from the clutches of gang life. Kelyan Bossaka, who rapped under the name ...

In an interview with 'Billboard', the rapper revealed how Killer Mike inspired him to reinvigorate his career Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

Kelyan Bossaka’s family have described a rap about his murder as ‘shocking and disgusting’ (Picture: Nick Edwards/PA/UKNIP) The family of a 14-year-old boy fatally stabbed on a bus in south ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Now 35, he was released on licence in June 2023. Reports in the Sun newspaper claim he is TEN, a drill rap artist whose music often features violent themes, and who conceals his identity with a ...

Sining Filipina, one of the Philippines’ first nationwide, all-women art competition, is back! Taking on the theme “Her Earth, Her Future,” the competition’s 2025 edition encourages ...