Kendrick Lamar, one of hip-hop’s most venerated artists for the past decade, performed “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at ...

"You can’t gatekeep what is destined to happen," the rapper says of the "New Dallas" movement toward community building.

Born in Compton, Calif., Lamar has long been celebrated for his intricate albums of introspective, genre-stretching gangster rap, like “good kid, m.A.A.d city” (2012), “To Pimp a Butterfly” (2015) and ...

As bitter as it sounds, 2023 and 2024 were prime years for Libyan rap. The country's political instability, economic hardship, ongoing conflicts, corruption, the devastating flood in the city of Derna ...

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As bitter as it sounds, 2023 and 2024 were prime years for Libyan rap. The country's political instability, economic hardship, ongoing conflicts, corruption, the devastating flood in the city of Derna ...

Ahead of Kendrick Lamar's headline performance at the Super Bowl half-time show, we explore the rapper's journey from the ...

The hip-hop star and fashion mogul is charged with firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021.

Irv Gotti, the famed music producer, industry executive, and TV producer, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings, the ...

Among the standout items is the infamous “Bruce the Shark” diamond pendant, modeled after the character from Finding Nemo. Crafted by Jimmy Boi Jewelers, the pendant weighs a staggering 118 carats and ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. In Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla., Abi Padilla delivers a vibrant, deeply personal story about ...

In a recent episode of *Hard Knock Radio*, host Davey D sat down with legendary West Coast hip-hop artist Volume 10 for an in-depth conversation about his career, his groundbreaking contributions to ...