Jeezy broke his two-year hiatus since departing Def Jam in 2023 earlier this year with a Gangsta Grillz mixtape, Still Snowin ...

Run It Back is a retrospective review of a classic or game-changing hip-hop releases whose style and sound still resonate with listeners in the modern, streaming-driven era. Hip-hop has always been a ...

The Roland-TR808 is the backbone of a lot of trap rap and EDM, and now the two genres are beginning to intersect. Credit: Joe Holmes In the mid-aughts a wave of steely-eyed southern rappers introduced ...

Trap is the perfect crossover between EDM and hip-hop. In fact, this genre is responsible for some of music’s hottest artists, from T.I. and Waka Flocka to, more recently, RL Grime and Flosstradamus.

In 2003, T.I. and other Atlanta rappers created new subgenre of rap: trap music. Twenty years later, its influence is everywhere. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: About two minutes into the song, "Y'all Scared," ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...

Non Blondes' "What's Up?" hits multiple Billboard charts thanks to a viral TikTok trend mashing up the song with Nicki Minaj's "Beez in the Trap." ...

Clockwise from the left: Offset, Quavo, and Takeoff of the trio Migos; Future; and Lil Reek (Illustration by Matt Williams) Future’s music also showcases the current hallmarks of the southern-born, ...

Could Lady Gaga be making her first foray into the realm of hip-hop? It certainly sounds that way on her "leaked" new track with her producer DJ White Shadow. The tune, "Cake Like Gaga," originally ...

ABC News Studios and Hulu are prepping a new documentary, Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial, that will explore the ongoing YSL/Young Thug trial and the use of rap lyrics in criminal prosecutions. The doc ...