If you are "wack," you probably think that the National Review doesn't know about rap music. You're wrong. It knows street culture. So, this week it had the following opinions on rap music: 1) ...
While teaching a course at MIT last spring, rap luminary and Renaissance man Lupe Fiasco refined his unifying theory of the musical genre. Lupe Fiasco is a multiplatinum rap legend who typically ...
Rap attack: an introduction / William Eric Perkins -- Women writin' rappin' breakin' / Nancy Guevara -- Rap's Latino sabor Mandalit del Barco -- Puerto rocks: New York Ricans stake their claim / Juan ...
The Recording Academy presents three different awards for hip-hop songs at each annual Grammy Awards ceremony: Best Rap Song, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Performance. While it’s easy to ...
The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...
Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.