Chaka Khan needed a solo hit to boost her solo career. She raided Prince's catalog for "I Feel For You" to make it happen.

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Like Fela, Falz packs his music with playfulness and satire while also stirring public consciousness with activist lyrics. Both call for action against the oppressive political class. In 2020, when ...

I made a rap song in only one hour! Writing, recording, and mixing a song isn't a quick process, but we're gonna speed it up a little today. Let me know what you think. Thanks for watching! Let's ...

Rapper collective doesn’t want to be bogged down in rivalry. If it’s not about making money or providing for their loved ones ...

Austin Wade's videos of him rapping children’s books have reached millions of people on TikTok. Speaking with PEOPLE, he ...

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men domination, a rap masterpiece, Madonna's commercial comeback, and the rise of TLC.

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

LaRussell featured high school students from across the East Bay in what will be a series of music videos for his song “I’m ...

Slick Rick tells us about his new album, 'Victory,' hip-hop in the Eighties, making beats, and his thoughts on recent immigration crackdowns.