Conscious hip hop songs are rap records that point at a social or political problem and, at their sharpest, name who is responsible for it. That second part is where most lists go soft, so this one ...

By Trevor Anderson Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” matches one of the biggest achievements on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with ...

While hip hop has been on a wavy trajectory in the past few years, plagued by sameness and algo-baiting TikTok trends, ...

In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation's entertainment industry: Don't feature artists with tattoos and those who represent hip-hop or any other subculture.

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Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: there is no handful of songs that ever completely encapsulate any genre or artist or sound. The beauty of art is that it’s ephemeral—to quote a famed ...

When we think of peak hip-hop, we tend to think of conscious rap with serious subject matter. But the truth is that some of the best rap songs are actually rather humorous, and shouldn’t be taken too ...

International hip-hop royalty, South African music giants and generations of fans created an unforgettable celebration of ...

Hip hop is everywhere these days. It's the biggest genre in the world. But its history in Australia is brief. Not only that, but its significance was pretty misunderstood down here even as late as the ...