Since Drake’s debut, dozens of rapper like Doja Cat, Lil Yachty, and Young Thug have blurred the lines of pop music and rap ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse ...

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...

Young Bleed, the Baton Rouge rapper who struck big with 1997's "How Ya Do Dat" and was part of No Limit Records' hold as a Southern rap empire, died Saturday (Nov. 1) after complications from ...

Primarily through direct sampling, hip-hop music provides a blatant tapestry of historical information that the listener can ...