The fast-rapping, freestyle-popping Kash Kyla, hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, is a newcomer to the rap scene. But make no mistake, she raps like she's been around the block. “Whenever I asked ...

A$AP Rocky’s first release in eight years, “Don’t Be Dumb,” reinstates his presence in the rap scene. With charged lyrics and ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. When DJ Frisco954 ...

If the 1970s was the decade when rap music was born, then the 1980s is when it came of age. Listening to the genre through the years and you can hear it grow. If you fast-forwarded through songs from ...

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 ...