Category: Industry Stories

There's something about the element of surprise, when it's possible to give someone something they didn't expect or couldn't prepare for that leads to the […]

It's been three years, four months and two days—40 months, 174 weeks or 1,219 calendar days (whichever feels longest)—since Kendrick Lamar released a studio album. […]

You never know what will influence you. For Capolow, he was a kid with an older brother who rapped for fun. Watching his sibling spit […]

50 Cent is undoubtedly one of the most successful rap moguls in hip-hop, but he's also infamous for stirring up controversy whether it's on social […]

Megan Thee Stallion has been offering bits and pieces of what went down when she was shot just before Tory Lanez's arrest for a gun […]

It doesn't take long for you to realize that 2020 XXL Freshman Chika is whip-smart and has a witty comment for just about everything. Those qualities ring through […]

If you've ever had the urge to approach a baddie, you'll know exactly where 2020 XXL Freshman Chika is coming from in her new freestyle. In […]

Yo! MTV Raps' Doctor Dre helped push hip-hop closer to mainstream back in the late 1980s to the mid-1990s as part of the classic rap […]

The conversations and topics that trend on Twitter can be strange sometimes and today is one of those days. This afternoon (Aug. 18), #RIPEminem began trending and […]

Rod Wave isn't letting up on PnB Rock after the latter made comments about younger rappers making "depressing" music recently. During an Instagram Live session this […]