Amongst a variety of other reasons, ease of access is what drew most hip hop and rap artists towards SoundCloud. They can easily upload their songs on Soundcloud and share with listeners who would ...

Since SoundCloud was created in 2008 — man, that seems like centuries ago — the digital platform has become a home for burgeoning creativity and looming talent. Hip Hop artists, and even stars who ...

Plugg rap has moved from Atlanta to a global sound thanks to its artists and the internet. Now, SoundCloud, which saw the subgenre bubbling up on its platform and highlighted it in a playlist in 2021, ...

Shedeur Sanders has spent the regular season backing up Deshaun Watson after losing the Cleveland Browns’ QB competition. Rap legend Lil Wayne believes the wait will pay off in Cleveland. Pro Football ...

The SoundCloud era of hip-hop changed the blueprint of the genre for good through multiple chart-topping albums out of Internet culture. Unfortunately, SoundCloud doesn't have the same ring as it used ...

In early fall, Trippie Redd shuffled down the hallway of the Record Plant, the Hollywood studio where pop stars from Rihanna to Selena Gomez have cut albums. Standing over a pool table near the ...

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SoundCloud announces partnerships with Squarespace, Adobe, Discord, and Rap Plug to boost member benefits for artists using SoundCloud Next and Next Pro. SoundCloud has announced partnerships with ...

The song recycles a vocal track and beat that are available for musicians online — but the AI-generated voice of Drake made it go viral. The song recycles a vocal track and beat that are available for ...

Last year Florida rapper Dominic Fike landed a multimillion-dollar deal with Columbia Records on the strength of a string of songs totaling just shy of 15 minutes. The label wasn’t wrong to see Fike ...

Long before TikTok and SoundCloud rap, there was Soulja Boy, arguably the first Internet rapper. Finding success on the website SoundClick and going viral thanks to a dance associated with his debut ...