Pac earns a surprise modern hit as “Hit ’Em Up” debuts on a Billboard chart, adding another posthumous milestone to the ...

But, one unique perspective on the matter came from Pharrell Williams in late April, who felt that AI advancements in music are just a part of human nature, and will be nearly impossible to stop.

When Travis Scott released Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight in 2016, no one could have predicted just how far its biggest single would go. “goosebumps,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, wasn’t just another ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. I've been haunted for five months now, liable to randomly exclaim, "If I had a dollar for every faithful bitch in the world my account'd be empty" ...

Throughout its history, rap has had many great radical albums: projects unafraid to call its listeners to action to rally against all sorts of oppressive forces. Whether it be politicians abusing ...

Apple Music is celebrating a full decade of changing how the world listens to music. Over the past ten years, the platform has evolved from an ambitious launch to a dominant force in music streaming.

HIP-HOP WAS BORN in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

With Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Luther” falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart’s top 40 last week. The ...

I dedicate this article to Mark Fisher, whose writing on themes that run close to S.T.A.R.V.E.’s heart serves as another intertextual source of power for the LP. In 2014, Fisher wrote: "The pandemic ...