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Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay ...
The breakout Milwaukee rapper trades escapism for piercing vulnerability on "Took a Turn," which he spotlighted for the USA TODAY Acoustic series.
Charley Crockett defended Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter and slammed the country music industry's double standards in a defiant ...
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bill Cassidy introduced legislation that will expand the celebration of Hip-Hop into August and ...
Most music executives and CEOs prefer to shun the spotlight and would have their presence felt. However, there is a shortlist ...
Hundreds of hip-hop songs deserve recognition for their meaning and their beats. But for now, in random order, are 50 essential hip-hop tracks to celebrate five decades of groundbreaking music.
Tyson, who died in 2018, had developed hip-hop therapy initially using hip-hop music to connect therapeutically with youth, especially with youth for whom typical forms of therapy lacked cultural ...
As music critic Nelson George wrote, the song was a springboard, "heralding the 808 as the foundation of hip-hop's future and Run-D.M.C. as the genre's new kings." ...
Mixing hip-hop and house music, lifting liberally from James Brown background singer Lyn Collins’ 1971 song “Think About It,” Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s 1988 smash was also an ode to ...