Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse man’s rap music video played for a jury showed him raising his arm and miming firing a gun. The lyrics included a line that a gang expert says refers to a rival ...

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 ...

The song first went viral when Ball played a snippet for streamer N3on, exemplifying streaming’s increasingly vital role in hip-hop discovery. Presciently, Ball played the song’s hook ...

Billboard Cover Star and being named as the ‘Future of Hip-Hop,’ BigXthaPlug, is taking over. The rapper has risen with his Texas flare music, and he shares his journey of becoming a ...

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 ...

The tropical paradise of Hainan is embracing a new rhythm as international hip-hop takes center stage. Following the tremendous success of Kanye West’s September 2024 performances, which ...

Now, the freshman has been name-dropped on a record. Since the song's release on Jan. 3, a handful of Crimson Tide fans have been blasting rap artist Lil Baby, Rod Wave and Mobile, AL native Rylo ...

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New Jersey’s DJ Juice, a hip-hop mixtape pioneer, has died. SiriusXM and LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio reports that Juice, born Brian Short, was 54. Starting in the ’90s, the award ...

She channels jazz, hip-hop, reggae and funk through her music, poetry and bass instrumentation. A beacon in the neo-soul music genre, Ndegeocello was born in West Berlin in 1968, where her father ...

Before she reports to prison for her role in the 2016 Bitfinex hack, Heather Morgan, also known as her hypersexual, surrealist rap alter ego, Razzlekhan, has something to say. "Weird enough to ...

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 ...