In "Gimme a Hug," Drake claims he doesn't care about "a rap beef; I’m tryna get the party lit." This is the Canadian rapper's first album since Kendrick Lamar resurfaced their rap beef last ...

Loren Kajikawa, associate professor of music at George Washington University, speaks to students during his lecture “Rapping Republicans: Hip Hop and the Multiracial Right” in the Earl V. Moore ...

or a singer lending vocals on a rapper's hook, the synergy between hip-hop and R&B has always been undeniable. Here is a list of some of the best rap-sung collaborations to date.

Sexyy Red has revealed that she could have been a permanent figure on WWE TV, adding that “rapping and wrestling are pretty much the same” to her. In an interview with Dazed Digital ...

Rapping requires plenty of practice and the ability to choose words carefully. In the past, rappers were associated with defiance of moral authority, but now rapping is accepted as an art and career.

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That song set the tone for you. Xzibit: Yeah. Back then, the West Coast was all about G-Funk and gangsta rap. We were the odd ones—Souls of Mischief, The Pharcyde, us. So, we coined our own term ...

With his alter ego, Slim Shady, he revolutionized rap with his complex rhyme schemes, controversial lyrics, and unmatched technical skills, making him the best-selling hip-hop artist of all time.

Speaking before the Super Bowl show, he said the "grit" had gone from the genre. "When people talk about rap, the conversations I'm hearing, they think it's just rapping, it's not an actual art ...

As with the medley performed at Radio City Music Hall, the characters were best known for performing pinned up medleys of modern pop, R&B and rap songs. Ferrell and Gasteyer also performed ...

In the new album’s song titled “Gimme a Hug,” Drake calls out “rap beef” and people hoping for his downfall. “They be dropping s*** but we dropping harder s*** / F*** a rap beef ...

Drake appears to be done beefing. After Kendrick Lamar’s epic performance of his Drake dis track “Not Like Us” at the Super Bowl halftime show, the “God’s Plan” rapper seemingly waved ...