Bankroll Freddie's appeal gets denied as the Eighth Circuit rules his rap lyrics were fair game as evidence in his drug and ...

Hip-hop, a genre born from the struggles and realities of inner-city communities, has long been a powerful platform for social commentary. Its raw lyricism, often depicting violence, drug dealing, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

Lil Durk is the latest rapper to hear his own music played for a jury, but hip-hop has been fighting over where artistic ...

Mural by Kenya D. Lawton of Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason “Jam ...

When Maryland lawmakers passed new legislation restricting how rap can be used in criminal cases, it was the latest victory in a five-year effort to limit a practice that critics say hurts free speech ...

No one believes that country music legend Johnny Cash shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. When Cash in 1968 released “Folsom Prison Blues,” a ballad about shooting and killing a man for no ...

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is one of the most influential writers of our time, and what better time to celebrate that than this classic's 30th birthday? Hip-hop's history books contain millions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The closest the U.S. Supreme Court has come to assessing whether rap lyrics can be used in prosecutions was in a case where it ...