"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column ...

Singer-songwriter Graham Barham discusses how Nashville's pop-aimed country interests are bridging country music, hip-hop culture.

Native hip-hop artist Supaman talks about how he came to merge ancient, contemporary expressions with modern beats.

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America.

After Steven Cleveland, a professor of ethnic studies and history at California State University East Bay, saw Nzanga's film, ...

Kendrick Lamar leads the list of new Grammy Award nominees. Will rap music finally rule on music’s biggest night?

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: ...

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Primarily through direct sampling, hip-hop music provides a blatant tapestry of historical information that the listener can ...

Considering Drake's current vested interest in underselling stateside rap's potency, it's very hard to give the declaration any weight, but it also seems clear to me what he is referencing about ...