Nicki Minaj's "My Life" debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Digital Song Sales chart after a more than 44,000% spike in sales ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop is a genre that thrives on first impressions. A debut single can make or break an artist's career. Over the years, we've ...

RIAA gold-selling Chicago rap virtuoso and Pivot Gang leader Saba and GRAMMY® Award-winning super-producer No ID drop their latest collaborative single entitled head.rap. The song features R&B ...

When hip-hop was in its infancy decades ago, many people thought the genre would be a fad that wouldn't last longer than a few years. But over time, not only has hip-hop continued to grow, it's become ...

New rap song "Don’t Shake my Coke" by Danny G ft. Neki Rapper! Super summer hit song??!! Maybe!! What I do know is that 500 ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...

Before you read any further, answer this: What was 50 Cent’s debut single? If you replied “Wanksta,” you'd be wrong. Maybe you answered “How to Rob,” which will earn you an E for effort. In 1997, ...

I made a rap song in only one hour! Writing, recording, and mixing a song isn't a quick process, but we're gonna speed it up ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Patrick Stenson, aka Off Brand Budd, performing at the Re-Imagine interactive art exhibit at Nolo ...

Born in the 1970s, hip-hop music was built largely on the beat breaks in disco songs. Some of the earliest hits in the genre sampled those dancey tracks, including “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill ...

In terms of artistic advancement, many rap fans would probably not consider Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” a genre-shifting single. However, regarding popular appeal, they probably would, as it was the ...