In the worldwide cultural juggernaut that is hip-hop, it's widely understood that the spontaneous lyrical improvisation of freestyle rap is the genre's purest form of creation. More often than not, ...

Three 6 Mafia's influence on rap has been apparent throughout the 2010s. Their gritty and lo-fi aesthetic served as a blueprint for A$AP Rocky when he made his debut ...

Freestyle rappers such as Eminem and Philadelphia's Cassidy make up and bust out rhymes on the spot — a hugely challenging art form. Now, however, researchers have learned how the brain does it. A new ...

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Freestyle rappers such as Eminem and Philadelphia's Cassidy make up and bust out rhymes on the spot — a hugely challenging art form. Now, however, researchers have learned how the brain does it. A new ...

A strategic but unforced shutdown of the conscious mind can put the mouth in overdrive and birth a potent rapper. (Credit: Getty Images) One day in the third-grade lunch room I somehow discovered I ...

Some people just have a knack for grabbing people's attention. Jufu, a rising rapper 19-year-old out of Brooklyn, shot his way up the TikTok ladder with his 2019 songs "Woahh" and "Who R U," the ...

As the Recording Academy honors Fela Kuti posthumously, it reminds us that culture doesn’t wait for institutions to catch up. 10 minutes ago In an age of bouncy and slow trap-based rap music — where ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A woman from Denver is looking to make history (again) as she takes the stage for the Red Bull Batalla USA National Finals freestyle rap and Master of Ceremonies competition in New ...

Based on that one instance, the worlds of high tech and hip-hop seemed to go together about as well as oil and water, or Master P and tastefully designed, understated album covers. But the makers of ...