A new study published by the journal Substance Use & Misuse reports that marijuana imagery appears in more than 37% of hip-hop and rap music videos produced in the United States, underscoring how ...

San Bernardino band Fuerza Regida has broken records on the Billboard charts and is up for its first Grammy in 2026 — but ...

Zah1de celebrated her concert debut in Berlin on January 2nd and 3rd with two completely sold-out shows. The 15-year-old ...

Singer Nina Chuba performing on her 2025 arena tour. What were the most successful German language songs of the year? Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Bodo Schackow Topping weekly charts and racking up ...

With an experimental and maxed-out sound, bold new MCs are emerging from all corners of the UK – and with US rap in the doldrums, the time is ripe for another British Invasion It’s early November and ...

In the new documentary, Babo, viewers watch the gifted yet controversial German rapper Haftbefehl almost destroy himself with cocaine. The documentary, which follows both his huge success and his ...

To most people, the idea of massive, rap-rock crossover hits invading the mainstream was something of a late-90s/early-2000s phenomenon. It wasn’t just your Limp Bizkits and your Last Resorts; it was ...

ChatGPT creator OpenAI violated Germany's national copyright laws, according to a court in Munich. GEMA, a German music rights group, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI last November claiming that the AI ...

When Nas said “hip-hop is dead,” this certainly isn’t what he meant. Since 1990, rap music has topped the music charts as arguably the most impactful genre in the world. But for the first time in ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week's Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

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.