There’s a place where hip-hop brings people together. Where freestyling and cyphers support family ties, broken hearts, recovery journeys, and meaningful friendships. Where rising artists go from ...

Few people have done more to shape what rap sounds like in America today than James Prince, the founder and CEO of Houston’s Rap-A-Lot Records. The rap mogul, 50, sat down with rapper Bun B for a ...

Rap Genius has been getting a new wave of press coverage lately and, though I'm not sure what kicked it off, it's easy to see why the site gets attention. The basic concept is to offer informed ...

Madison Youth Poet Laureate and rapper Justin Russell insists he wrote his first rap song out of necessity. The diss track, aimed at a sixth-grade math teacher he despised, became infamous among his ...

Among Dean Pelton’s iconic entrances on Community, many fans rate his PayDay rap as an all-time favorite. Jim Rash, who played the dean, had a limited time to play with for each entrance and it often ...

Midnight Madness is being called “The Blood Sport of Battle Rap,” a travelling battle rap collective of some of the best emcees in the scene. Something unthinkable happened in the world of battle rap ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a cold day in January, members of the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department stood face-to-face with members of the community with the downtown skyline behind them. FACE KC, a ...