Prominent rappers like Travis Scott are weighing in at the Supreme Court about the upcoming execution of James Broadnax in Texas.

This is 1Xtra’s Rap List, your essential guide to the week’s biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop records. If it’s shaping the culture, it’s landing here. Central Cee, Doechii and J. Cole are setting ...

Metro Boomin’s rise began with homemade beats shared online before evolving into collaborations with Future, 21 Savage, and Travis Scott that reshaped mainstream rap. His producer tag became a ...

CHEYENNE — Southern-rap group Nappy Roots always “keeps it Nappy,” and their trek to Wyoming’s capital city on Friday will be no different. “Keeping it Nappy” is just another way of saying that they ...

new video loaded: Song of the Week: ‘Ever Since U Left Me (I Went Deaf)’ transcript Our pop music critic Jon Caramanica explains how French Montana and Max B’s new song fits into an expanding New York ...

Hip-hop is more than beats and bravado. Hip-hop is more than beats and bravado. It is a cultural force that can change any stage it touches. Over the years, a growing group of artists has moved from ...

You would think it would be much harder to agree on a “lifetime anthem” as a group, but nope — Earthgang, The LOX, and now, Atmosphere, our latest Sound Check guests, all claim it’s pretty easy.

Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard ...

Good music and a good drink often go hand in hand, but do we ever really stop to appreciate the pairing? We do now, because 2025 has been a banner year for rap music, but it’s also quietly been an ...

Step by step tutorial on how to replicate the rap sounds of the 2000's. This video covers the sound design, Beat patterns, & flows of the 00's. Also touching on synths & leads that create grooves.

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...