COMPTON -- His name is Jason Martin. But most people know him by his stage persona, "Problem." Initially, it was just a cool rap name. Today, at 35, he's lives by his motto: Do what's right. Problem ...

So, the trick to finally turning transcendently spare, Bay Area hip-hop into the actual next big thing is not branding it as city-specific? Blame and thank Los Angeles producer DJ Mustard’s “ratchet ...

Hailing from the streets of Compton, Calif., where young men are faced with dire problems on a daily basis, one would think that rapper Problem would have a hard exterior and invites conflict. I mean, ...

Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit. The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But ...

If you’ve been reading the latest in the endless cycle of complaints about rap music’s pernicious influence — Google’s colossal waste of time, “Hip-Hop On Trial,” from last month; or Touré’s ...

(ATLANTA, Ga.) — There’s renewed concern about an uptick in violence in the entertainment industry. It comes after the shocking death of popular rapper and Gwinnett County native Takeoff, one-third of ...

Anam Ali, the singer of the viral Bharat Jodo Yatra which was criticised on social media, said people do not have a problem with her or her rap, but they have a problem with Rahul Gandhi. Anam Ali, a ...

Cordae is a good rapper. Cordae has always been a good rapper, and “good rapper” has always been Cordae’s chief sales pitch. When Cordae first emerged from internet obscurity three and a half years ...

ATLANTA — There’s renewed concern about an uptick in violence in the entertainment industry. It comes after the shocking death of popular rapper and Gwinnett County native Takeoff, one-third of the ...