Dallas rapper Zeethewizard died Monday after being shot at Pink House club's New Year's grand opening, cutting short his rising career.

The rising star of hip-hop's New Dallas Movement was among five people shot early Thursday morning.

The Budda, a new nightclub backed by East Bay hip-hop talent Budda Mack, is set to open in January in San Francisco.

The Terrapin Family Band will headline the 2026 Dead On The Creek festival, joining David Nelson Band, BERTHA: Grateful Drag, Jackie Greene & Friends an ...

Thankfully, we won’t have to wait long into the new year to hear the rest of their California dreamin’. —Maya Georgi ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

What does good rapping sound like in 2025? It depends on who you ask. It’s no secret that hip-hop is more splintered than ever, with different pockets and intersections thriving in their own ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...