If you are "wack," you probably think that the National Review doesn't know about rap music. You're wrong. It knows street culture. So, this week it had the following opinions on rap music: 1) ...

While teaching a course at MIT last spring, rap luminary and Renaissance man Lupe Fiasco refined his unifying theory of the musical genre. Lupe Fiasco is a multiplatinum rap legend who typically ...

Rap attack: an introduction / William Eric Perkins -- Women writin' rappin' breakin' / Nancy Guevara -- Rap's Latino sabor Mandalit del Barco -- Puerto rocks: New York Ricans stake their claim / Juan ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

In 2002, the Recording Academy introduced a new category to the Grammy Awards: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. At its core, the award is meant to honor the best song that combines elements of rap and pop ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...