Just one rap hit has won record of the year – Childish Gambino's "This Is America." Will Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" become the second? Place your bets. By Paul Grein Kendrick Lamar was just three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Hip-Hop shaped the sound of the streets and transformed the music industry, these legendary record labels brought the genre’s ...

What started off as a cleverly written diss track has blossomed into something much more. During the 2025 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar’s scathing Drake diss track “Not Like Us” swept all five of its ...

Beginning with looping a sample on a turntable in 1973, hip-hop’s evolution into the present day has technology baked into its DNA. Reading time 6 minutes This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 ...

The Recording Academy and the hip-hop community have long had a bumpy road, and this year’s Grammy Awards proved to be no different. Show producer Ken Erlich told the New York Times ahead of music’s ...

Community School 55 is getting musical thanks to two hip-hop pioneers. Grandmaster Caz and Melle Mel's organization Windows of Hip-Hop, along with Bulova, awarded the school with a brand-new recording ...

At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care. Somebody scream.