It might seem easier than ever to make a hit rap song these days. The importance of wordplay may have diminished in the minds of some fans (Lil Pump's "Gucci Gang" repeats the titular catchphrase a ...

There's no shortage of adjectives to describe these past 12 months. Donald Trump may have assumed the Oval Office—in turn hogging media attention and garnering more headlines than ever before—but ...

For nearly 40 years, hip-hop has almost exclusively been dominated by men. Often criticized for its traditionally tone deaf and sexist lyrics, the “boys only” club rarely gives women their props–let ...

Another year is almost out the door. As a music fan, I'll remember 2017 as the year hip-hop and R&B finally overtook rock as the dominant form of music, according to Nielson, a company that tracks ...

Boy band BTS's 2017 hip-hop track "Anpanman" is climbing up the charts almost eight years after its release, with the ...

I've been waiting for Overdoz to blow up for a while now. Along with groups like Pac Div, Tiron & Omari and U-N-I, they help to reroute and shape what we know as today's West Coast hip-hop sound. The ...

Coachella 2017 goes down this Friday (April 14) through Sunday (April 16). The second weekend is 4/21-4/23. As always, the Coachella lineup is very diverse in terms of genre. Here’s a guide to this ...

That growth was fueled by increased appetite for R&B and hip-hop music, which also scored a first by outpacing rock as the dominant music genre in the U.S. for the first time in terms of total volume ...

This year has been an exceptional one for music across all genres, but perhaps it was more so for hip-hop. In 2017, the American-made art form became the number-one consumed genre in the country, ...

"I'm committed to using my voice for healing, change, and standing up for what's right," Miley Cyrus said Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, ...

Hip-hop dominated music streaming in 2017, leading to some eye-popping record deals for rising stars — $8 million for Lil Pump, $10 million for XXXTentacion before his death, another $15 million for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2017, hip-hop became the biggest genre of music in the U.S. in ...