New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish. Credit... Supported by By Jon Caramanica For the last year, ...

Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming. Keeping those archives intact is proving difficult. By Brian ...

There was hardly a better time to be an aspiring rapper coming out of Chicago than 2012. That year, label scouts began flocking to the city like never before, allured by Chief Keef’s thunderous ...

This is the music I was raised on. Salt n Pepa, Marky Mark, Kriss Kross & New Kids On The Block. Most of the kids in this video had never heard of these artist before. This was filmed at a 'Music ...

The other night I was listening to Hot 97 and, after a seemingly endless mix of boring-ass Drake and 21 Savage album cuts, that Lil Uzi Vert club song that won’t go away, and the bubblegum Coi Leray ...

Southern California beach culture, hip-hop icons and island vibes and sounds are all coming together as the second annual Cali Vibes music festival returns to Marina Green Park in Long Beach Feb.

(From L) Members of 4Keus Gang rap music band, Bne, Djeffi and HK pose during a photo call prior to the first edition of "Les Flammes" music award ceremony at the Chatelet Theatre, in Paris, on May 11 ...