Los Angeles–based multi-instrumentalist and producer Nate Franchesco continues to carve out a unique creative lane by merging ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

The history of hip hop has never sounded so whimsical.A Danish group known as The Bottle Boys created a mashup of hip hop's biggest songs — in chronological order — and decided the best instruments ...

Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in ...

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 ...

‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ (SIMBI) is the fourth studio album released by the phenomenal 29-year-old London-born rapper, Little Simz. While firmly rooted in hip-hop, this project weaves together ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2023: I’m an old-school hip-hop head – born in the '80s and grew up in the '90s. The way my producer heroes in the golden beat era crafted their beats is very different to how I have done ...

Slang and fashion are two relatively well-known facets of our society that stem from hip-hop. Whether it’s a unique catchphrase or a physical, nonverbal greeting, hip-hop’s influence on how we ...