Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One writer takes a deeper look at the misguided disdain for modern day "mumble rappers." When a few friends and I got together for ...

With the release of 4:44, Jay-Z seems to have single-handedly grown rap up. Despite the fact that hip-hop is damn near 40 years old, Jigga’s newest release has many arguing that hip-hop has finally ...

Two new albums from artists floating around in that sphere, Don Toliver and LUCKI, exist along a spectrum preoccupied more with rap as texture than as text. They are operating toward different ends: ...

“That’s what’s wrong right now, everybody trying to rap the same style with the, I don’t know who created it, if it was Future or Migos,” said Snoop Dogg in a 2014 SnoopDoggTV video segment, “but all ...

There’s a line in your rap where you say, “Can’t explain what these lame kids are talkin’ ’bout.” There are folks debating that line. Did you call out the current generation of rappers? Yeah, I mean, ...

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Times in hip-hop have really changed. Gone are the days when it was all about how many bars you could spit. Being hard-core was considered cool and spending some time in jail did not hurt your resumé ...

Social media seems to still be recovering from a heavy debate over who invented trap music after T.I. and Gucci Mane both claimed the title, but now Chief Keef is sparking a new sub-genre pioneer ...

Black Thought has been making a slew of headlines lately, following his epic 10-minute freestyle, and now he's stirring up conversation for his recent comments about mumble rap. During an interview ...