Hip hop has gone hand-in-hand with high fashion since its inception 50 years ago. As a genre born out of aspiration and imagination, its braggadocious and competitive spirit demanded the best of ...

You know how the cliché goes: rappers want to be basketball players, and basketball players want to be rappers. This has been a truism since the '90s, when rap really started taking off as a ...

If you're an avid wrestling fan, it's possible you've argued over the best wrestling themes of all time. The usual suspects—such as the iconic tunes that accompanied Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business and law of music. Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song written by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith. Florida has long been one of the most inventive regions for rap music, with distinct scenes and sounds ...

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammy Awards. On Sunday afternoon (Feb. 2), hours before ...

Apple Music is celebrating a full decade of changing how the world listens to music. Over the past ten years, the platform has evolved from an ambitious launch to a dominant force in music streaming.

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.