At first glance, rapper Shwayze seems a lot like every other rapper to recently hit the club scene. The first single from his new album, "Let It Beat," is a pulsating, rhythmic wasteland of auto-tune ...

Hip Hop hooks have the power to capture the essence of a song and turn it into a timeless anthem. These catchy choruses not only define the track, but also resonate deeply with listeners and create a ...

Squabbling is a staple of hip-hop music. So is stealing. Except hip-hop artists have never considered it stealing to take riffs and pieces from each other's work. It's a form of creative appropriation ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Look what hip-hop has become in the 21 st century. For a while there was just East Coast and West Coast rap with Southern hip-hop creeping into the mainstream. After the start of the ...