In the townships of South Africa, hip hop transcends mere entertainment; it serves as a powerful means of communication. A way to testify, to push hope, to translate lived experience into rhythm and ...

In Varanasi, Mahashivratri is not observed quietly. It arrives like a tide, sweeping through temples, streets, ghats, and homes with a force shaped by centuries of belief. Known as the city of Lord ...

Class is in session with Mr. Mayers. By Michael Saponara Mr. Mayers’ class is in session. A$AP Rocky headed back to a Harlem elementary school to teach kids a thing ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** Additionally, in mid-September 2025, only four hip-hop songs were on ...

Hip-hop has been super volatile over the last couple of years. Given all the questions swirling around the genre during its 50th decade—who are the new stars? Where are the hit records? Is hip-hop on ...

Kendrick Lamar has secured another major milestone as GNX is officially the most-streamed rap album on Spotify in 2025. The project amassed 2.98 billion streams, outperforming the next-closest release ...

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. Recently, Lil Uzi Vert inked a new deal with Roc Nation Distribution and ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo has made it official: the new baby Masai giraffe’s name is Kasi. The addition to the zoo’s animal family comes after a 12-year-old Masai giraffe named Sunshine ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...