This week’s hip-hop releases feature a mix of debuting voices and established chart names, underscoring the genre’s multi-generational pull in 2026. New albums from Isaiah Rashad, PlaqueBoyMax, and ...

The past two decades of hip-hop music have been well-documented, thanks to social media and streaming platforms. Today, anyone with internet access can essentially tap into a database of their ...

Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Apple Music has commissioned New Orleans DJs and producers Mannie Fresh, Legatron Prime, KLC the Drum Major and DJ Poppa to create a set of DJ mixes highlighting the city's ...

Ice-T and Sir Mix-a-Lot are headed to the Western Idaho Fair. The Art of Rap tour is scheduled for Aug. 27 during the fair's ...

Yo-Yo brought her Hip-Hop legacy and culinary chops to FOX 5 DC, highlighting her cooking show and decades of cultural impact. Yo-Yo served up a blend of music legacy and culinary flair during her ...

Why it matters: Hip-hop vocals are the centerpiece of the track and must remain intelligible and powerful against heavy bass and complex beats. Key techniques: Targeted EQ cuts, controlled compression ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...