Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute is adding rap artist Lupe Fiasco to the faculty of its new four-year program in Hip Hop music.

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2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Bossman Dlow, Snoop Dogg, and Will Smith. Seeing this week’s lineup might prompt some confusion about just what decade it ...

Hip-hop may be associated more with brags and bling than goodwill and giving, but the best Christmas hip-hop and R&B songs are gifts that keep on giving. “Let it snow” might mean something ...

The year in hip-hop was defined by an epic battle between two of the genre’s biggest stars, Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Kendrick’s decisive victory over Drizzy culminated in one of the year’s ...

Hip-hop's first billionaire, Shawn Carter, popularly known by his stage name Jay-Z ... Carter is accused of stripping her of her clothes and raping her as Combs and an unnamed female celebrity watched ...

December 31, 2024 • In 2024, GloRilla, Latto and Doechii all delivered landmark rap albums. Not just because they had the best bars, but because each trusted themself enough to make an artistic ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...