If your Wi-Fi wasn’t out this weekend, then you probably know that it’s been a busy few days for two of the biggest stars in rap music. The back-and-forth rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake ...

A$AP Rocky weighed in on Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s explosive 2024 rap battle, calling the feud between the two musicians “healthy” for hip-hop culture. “It ...

The Public Enemy frontman says battle culture was a mutation. Beef has taken over Hip-Hop in 2024. Chuck D, one of the genre’s most prolific MCs, shared his views on the history of rap battles. “Rap ...

Rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar are igniting their feud with back and forth diss tracks, but rap battles go further back than the current saga. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz looks back on the history of ...

After bubbling under the surface for nearly a decade, the clash between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has erupted into the most impactful Hip-Hop duel in recent years. This is a far cry from the Hip-Hop ...

As the music evolved, rap battles — competitions that take the form of verbal duels — emerged as an essential component of the culture. In the following decades, the first influential hip-hop and rap ...

Now, many hip-hop artists use Custom Medals to commemorate their victories as proof of their creativity, personal style, and ...

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Will Smith’s new album, 'Based on a True Story', marks his return to hip-hop, but genre may not have room for legacy acts or ...

To quote one of the coldest rappers alive: “Today was a good day.” Members of the Lehigh Valley community gathered Sunday at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks Musikfest Cafe to celebrate the 50th ...