Josiah Gillie has his younger cousin to thank. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point freshman was back home in Milwaukee for Thanksgiving when his cousin issued a challenge. A music performance ...

Nance. Photo by Linus Johnson. Vulnerability is to hip-hop what a well-crafted sample is to beat-making—an essential element that provides depth, emotion, and authenticity to the final composition.

What happens when you mix some of the region’s most hungry emcees and producers with summer camp? The answer unfolds in “Welcome to Rap Campp,” a new documentary that captures a 24-hour marathon ...

Rapper collective doesn’t want to be bogged down in rivalry. If it’s not about making money or providing for their loved ones ...

Asian-American rapper Jin is the subject of this revealing documentary, which charts how the urban artist went from virtual unknown to releasing his successful album "The Rest Is History" and a role ...

Tapes, CDs and diss songs on which rappers actually named names. It was all so simple then. Straight-up disses and physical media have been replaced with subliminals and streaming. The rap game has ...

After nearly a decade away from the mic, Joe Budden may be eyeing a return to rap. On a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the former Slaughterhouse MC revealed that he’s seriously considering ...

Joey Brown is an interview reporter, editor, and lifelong gamer with experience in nearly every genre from space sims and MMORPGs to metroidvanias and city builders. He has sat down with industry ...

The music of revolution, the rhythm of resistance, the beats of the masses... That’s rap. Since long, this power-packed genre has been synonymous with counterculture movements across the world. Few ...

Drake and Jay-Z have had a competitive relationship for years. While Drake has spoken admiringly about Jay-Z’s music, he has also criticized the other rapper. In 2014, Drake complained about a growing ...

Back when hip-hop was seeping out of New York City and becoming the soundtrack of urban American, red states preferred the rootsy melodies of country music. In those years, the idea of combining the ...