On this date in 1992, “Nasty” Nas dropped his first single for an otherwise unknown movie soundtrack.

The rapper, whose birth name was Kaseem Ryan, self-produced 11 albums while also maintaining a career with the New York Fire Department. By Johnny Diaz Kaseem Ryan, who built a small but fervent ...

Ka's death comes on the heels of his latest solo album, The Thief Next to Jesus, which was released in September. The Brownville native emerged on the rap scene in 1994 as a member of the ...

Snoop shared details of what to expect from his first new solo album since 2022's BODR (Bacc On Death Row). “I got a feature from Jelly Roll and Sting,” the "Gin and Juice" rapper announced.

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 ...

Featured photo: Writer Steven Dunn and rapper DrewShamir pose with Dunn’s mother at Winston-Salem’s Hanes Art Gallery on Oct. 2. (photo by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy) “Hey yo, it’s poison,” DrewShamir ...

US rapper GloRilla's recently released debut album, GLORIOUS, has caused uproar among Nigerian Christians. GloRilla's album, which included a 15-track project featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, ...

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MAVI is a rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina ... It was dense, interior and beautifully raw. The album was vulnerable about the pain of losing friends and loved ones, generational trauma, and the ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR RAP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. Future ...