We don't talk about the sound of rap anymore, because there isn't one. Or two. Or twelve. The map is more like a metaverse, a malleable collection of regional sounds, virtual alliances and divergent ...

One thing that's cool about hip-hop is that there's no right or wrong way to go about it. Since hip-hop's inception in the '70s, the genre has expanded to a number of subgenres including conscious rap ...

Bonnie Godiva put a beat on and savagely ran through the ups and downs in the battle rap community over the last 12 months. End-of-year rap ups have become an annual tradition in Hip-Hop, thanks to ...

RED LAKE, Minn. -- Hip-hop legend Chuck D once said "rap is CNN for black people," and local hip-hop artist Thomas X says he wants to be the "CNN for Native people" with his music. His given name is ...