A poetry event on Thursday, Feb. 20, and a hip-hop performance on Friday, Feb. 21, originally slated for the Foundry Theater, ...

It’s more like the Hall of Hard Feelings for the Demon. Gene Simmons is again sticking his tongue out at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for allowing hip-hop artists to snag a spot in rock’s most ...

The KISS frontman slammed the institution for including rap and hip-hop artists: "I don't come from the ghetto, it doesn't speak my language." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Gene Simmons says ...

In celebration of Black History Month, a photo installation at Brooklyn Borough Hall is putting “Brooklyn’s Finest: Legends in Focus” in the spotlight, paying homage to Brooklyn’s hip-hop history and ...

Christian hip-hop music, offering uplifting, inspiring content, is hot. In an era of social media anxiety, young people are looking for hope and finding it in Christian hip-hop. Holy Culture Radio, a ...

Hip hop has been the soundtrack of my life. When I close my eyes, I can still feel the walk to elementary school—morning light low and pale, sneakers darkening with dew—and hear myself half-whispering ...

"Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta" cast members Scrappy, Karlie Redd, Yandy Smith, Kirk Frost Rasheeda Frost, Spice and Joc (Courtesy of MTV) MTV’s “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” has set a February premiere date ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

While countless end-of-year lists circulate each December, few captured hip hop’s devotion to lyricism like the Genius “2025 In Review.” Despite narratives suggesting otherwise, the data show that ...

MIAMI — “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” is back for a seventh season. The show, which follows the lives of some of Miami’s most influential personalities of the culture, is saying adios with a season that ...

We asked some of our favorite culture creators to give us their best-of lists for 2025; the rest of James Gunn's top 50 alternative rap songs of the year can be found right here. Easily my favorite ...