Tyler and his friends called their shot when they named their group Odd Future as teenagers; they set out to turn the rap world on its head, and Tyler, their de facto leader, rose to a level of ...

Y’all gotta be out y’all rabbit a$$ minds.” One more added a slew of other women in rap to their complaints, writing, “where is lil kim, nicki minaj, missy elliot, lauryn hill, iggy ...

The Fresh Prince is officially back in the rap game. Will Smith released the debut single "Work of Art" off of his upcoming album Friday along with its music video. The track features Smith's son ...

A Macalester College history prof partnered with a New York-based illustrator to create "The Graphic History of Hip Hop." Fielder, at left, and co-author Walter Greason launched the Graphic History ...

A new documentary chronicles efforts to keep rap lyrics from being used by prosecutors, combatting a long-standing trend of criminalizing this particular art form. “At every stage of a new Black ...

“It’s one of those places where you never go for one pint — you’re always stuck there for longer,” says Móglaí Bap, one-third of the Belfast rap trio Kneecap. “The pubs here are like ...

As the gang conspiracy trial of rapper Young Thug and his famed rap collective, YSL, extends past 20 days in Atlanta, we’re bringing you a conversation about the use of rap lyrics in court. Despite a ...

The closest the U.S. Supreme Court has come to assessing whether rap lyrics can be used in prosecutions was in a case where it looked at whether they were a “true threat” that made someone ...

The prosecutors will be admitting rap lyrics as evidence in the trial, to the outrage of many in and outside the music industry alike who claim that this usage unjustly capitalizes on racial ...

Art Not Evidence have written an open letter to the Justice Minister calling for law reform to stop the criminalisation of rap and drill music, and creative expression more broadly. This follows the ...

Picture being surrounded by all the greats: Tupac, Biggie, Kendrick, Nipsey and 24 other top-billed wordsmiths of hip-hop. We know them for their music. We rank them according to it. But when’s ...