So when Fat Joe’s new single, “Outta Control” featuring Remy Ma arrived earlier this week, she quickly became a trending Twitter (X) topic for her questionable bars.

When delivered with integrity, rap can be a cathartic experience for both the speaker and the community receiving the message ...

Many women have come close to achieving major success, but Doja Cat is the only female from L.A. to have achieved remotely comparable levels of superstardom to Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar.

A standoff between a hip-hop act and law enforcement is fuelling a debate over art and censorship.

Rap culture has been crippled by labels that value creating a certain image over lyrics that generate change. The commodification of drill has allowed large paychecks and platinum records to erase the ...

On this day in hip-hop, Aug. 12, Kendrick Lamar shook up the rap game with his bold declaration that he was King of New York on Big Sean's song Control.

This is captured in the new book “ DVS Mindz: The Twenty-Year Saga of the Greatest Rap Group to Almost Make It Outta Kansas,” written by Blue Springs author Geoff Harkness.

Rap lyrics are currently being used as evidence in the RICO trial against rapper "Young Thug," and defense attorneys in Salem are taking note.

Mobb Deep’s Havoc came out to rap his, and his late partner Prodigy’s verses for the Kim collaboration, “Quiet Storm,” as well as Mobb Deep hits like “Outta Control” and “Shook One ...

Rap lyrics, which can have violent, crime-related themes, are routinely used as evidence against amateur rappers in court, executives said.

The murder convictions of two Black men in northern California were vacated Monday after a judge ruled the introduction of rap lyrics and racialized rhetoric violated the Racial Justice Act, a law ...