Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rap music felt as vital as ever in 2017, regaining its dominance on the charts and securing its stranglehold on the pop cultural ...

When writers used to ask if rock was dead, it wasn’t actually a question of life or death. The real issue was power; what was meant by “rock” wasn’t rock music, but the genre’s imperial stature ...

As we enter the new year, Skillz once again recaps the previous 365 days in the latest installment of his annual series "2017 Rap Up." This year, Skillz grabs 50 Cent’s "Big Rich Town" beat, a.k.a the ...

In his short life, MIKE has lived in New Jersey, Hackney, Essex, and Brooklyn. This year, he was separated from his mother, who was in Nigeria dealing with visa issues. On May God Bless Your Hustle, ...

It's been a whirlwind year in 2017, with different achievements, scandal, controversies, triumphs, victories and more taking place. While some people have had the best year of their lives, others have ...

Eminem fired off four minutes of furious, expletive-riddled freestyle rap called "The Storm" at the BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday, blasting President Trump as a racist, among other things. He kicked ...

When we took the pulse of the most powerful crews in rap last year, the stage was set for greatness, in particular from TDE, G.O.O.D. Music, and OVO. Assessing the terrain in 2017 tells a slightly ...

Rap’s in a good place in 2017, animated by a series of intensely fascinating figures. Young Thug is the moment’s experimentalist; the fiercely heady Vince Staples is rap’s chief fatalist; Kamaiyah and ...

Virginia rapper Mad Skillz is back for his annual year end wrap up, and 2017 gave the artist a bunch of topics to touch on, from Lavar Ball to Sean Spicer. Skillz wraps up the year over 50 Cent’s "Big ...

Virginia rapper and songwriter Skillz, or Mad Skillz if you’ve been riding with the homie for a while, has dropped an annual recap of the year in verse form since 2002 skipping just one year in 2013.

Rap music felt as vital as ever in 2017, regaining its dominance on the charts and securing its stranglehold on the pop cultural zeitgeist. As such, there was a lot of rap music to get mad or ...

There's a saying that you should always expect the unexpected, but many rap fans didn't know what the writing on the wall was coming into 2017. 2016 had been a landmark year for rap music, with a slew ...