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August 2024 promises to be a hot season in the Hip-Hop arena. These days, we’re anticipating several longed-for releases from both culture’s veterans and newbies, including Big Sean and Eastside Tonk.

The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Rapsody, Kamaiyah, Saweetie, and more. After the last few weeks, I think it’s fair to say that we all agree hip-hop needed to ...

Hip-hop has always talked about money, but today it’s shaping how young people think about financial independence.

From locker rooms and warmups to highlight reels and All-Star Weekend, here's how music became basketball’s unofficial language. 20 hours ago “The battle put a lot of things in perspective — because ...

Jason Martin, better known in the music world as Kidd Called Quest, has been steadily building a legacy in underground hip-hop, driven by passion, persistence, and the unmistakable sound of ...

Nigerian rapper Odumodublvck has responded to critics who argue that Nigerian hip-hop and Afrobeat artists are not “real” hip-hop musicians. During a recent interview, Odumodublvck asserted that ...

LOE Addé rejected hip-hop’s speed-driven culture in 2026, delivering Mapped Out: Life Goes On as a restrained EP rooted in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trill Hip Hop Shop in Phoenix is as much a shrine to hip-hop culture as it is a place to score a near-mint copy of Run-DMC’s “King ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The plot was engrossing and fast-paced, but the book’s power lay in Kennedy’s extraordinary observational skills. She catalogued ...

Kenyan hip hop has been around for a while but its genesis is a question that even Kenyan artistes are still grappling with. While a section of local entertainers credit pioneer musician Jimmy Gichu ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...