Remembering 18 influential Hip-hop artists who passed away in 2024, including Rich Homie Quan, DJ Mister Cee, and Rico Wade, who continue to shape mus ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Gunna, Kalan.FrFr, and Mozzy. It’s a nice slow week after the mad scramble of the past few, as artists and their teams ...

Detroit’s rap scene is as raw and resilient as the city itself. Known for its blue-collar roots and unshakable pride, the D ...

Rapper Shad on sharing the richness of hip-hop with students taking a new course in Wilfrid Laurier University’s faculty of ...

As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to hand out our own 2024 Hip-Hop Wired Awards, highlighting the artists who made the ...

First Avenue 's annual Best New Bands concert is a winter staple. It's also a chance to catch up on some great local acts in ...

Bun B: This has been a while in the making. The song we did was recorded over a year ago. We linked up through Marco Polo, who put this track together. It’s a great record, and we waited for the right ...

Hip-hop regenerates constantly ... It also casts a different light on the generational elders who are still releasing new music — there were sturdy albums this year from Common and LL Cool ...

Santa Ana artist Jay Taj wasn’t exactly raised on hip-hop music. But after naturally gravitating toward the genre in his ...

African drumming is one of history’s most influential musical traditions, deeply rooted in rhythm, storytelling, and ...