A new generation of artists has rewritten the definition of rap to make the genre a cultural powerhouse yet again.
Hip-hop/rap and pop have traded annual titles as the leading primary genre in the Hot 100’s top 10 since the former led in both 2017 and 2018: Country has been the third-biggest primary genre ...
Roy Ayers was a beloved sample source who made it a point to collaborate with rappers as the genre rose to prominence ...
Many conservatives don’t like hip-hop. Go figure. The typical conservative case against the genre amounts not to music criticism, but to the charge that it promotes cultural pathologies.