Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

Young Thug performs onstage at the 2022 SXSW Conference on March 17, 2022, in Austin, Tex. (Amy E. Price / Getty Images for SXSW) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

(CN) – The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a new trial for a man whose gangster rap lyrics were used as evidence to convict him of attempted murder. Vonte Skinner was charged in 2006 ...

Seven years ago, middle of the day in Newport News, Virginia, and someone starts shooting. When local police arrived at the scene, they found two young victims. A twenty year-old was laying near death ...

Gary Bryant Jr. exchanged gunfire with a man in an Antioch apartment parking lot on a July afternoon in 2014. Both were struck by bullets. Bryant survived and the other man died. Police said it was ...

Rap is a lyrical expression of social, cultural, and political issues in present society. Unsurprisingly, rap music is the most popular genre of music and features predominantly Black artists ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Next month, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will hear arguments about whether rap ...

Looking for the lyrics to Eminem's "Rap God"? We've got you covered. The 2013 track comes off Em's 2013 album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is ...

On the afternoon of March 16th, 2017, aspiring rapper Anthony Murillo stood to hear the jury’s verdict – the culmination of a weeklong trial in which prosecutors argued that he had used a rap song to ...

Prosecutors' use of rap lyrics at trial has come under scrutiny. A California judge vacated the murder convictions of two Black men on Monday after ruling that prosecutors "more likely than not" ...