Rap music started off as a genre made by Black people, for Black people, meant to serve as an outlet to express struggles surrounding race in America. White people refused to listen to it for that ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Music executives say Chalim Perry, better known as his stage name Sha EK, is an emerging voice in the New York City drill music scene. And he's only 19, one of the youngest artists ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...

Sincere Jazmin was only 16 years old when he was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in Queens, N.Y. on March 26. The young man was an aspiring rap artist who went by the name, “Sdot Blokka.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A music genre known as drill rap plays a prominent role in an apparent gunfight between performers that left both dead in a Suitland motel on Wednesday, according to prosecutors ...

Netflix is releasing a documentary titled ONEFOUR: Against All Odds. It will showcase the exploits of a highly influential yet controversial Australian drill and rap group, ONEFOUR. This group formed ...

Adams' comments on the controversial rap subgenre generated some backlash. New York City Mayor Eric Adams clarified his comments about drill rap -- a controversial and popular rap subgenre -- after ...

The world’s biggest drill rapper may spend the rest of his life in bars — and no one should want his crown. This week, Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill ...

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Hip hop has never been just one sound — it’s a collection of styles that grew from the streets into global movements. From the simple rhymes of Old Skool Rap to the raw edge of Hardcore and Gangsta ...