Rap music started off as a genre made by Black people, for Black people, meant to serve as an outlet to express struggles surrounding race in America. White people refused to listen to it for that ...

Sincere Jazmin was only 16 years old when he was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in Queens, N.Y. on March 26. The young man was an aspiring rap artist who went by the name, “Sdot Blokka.

Opening arguments are expected this week in a federal murder and racketeering trial that spotlights links between Chicago’s gang culture and drill rap, a subset of rap. Six members and associates of ...

Seven alleged members of the Bronx street gang Courtlandt Over Everything have been indicted after “terrorizing” the neighborhood in a series of broad daylight shootings that wounded two innocent ...

The world’s biggest drill rapper may spend the rest of his life in bars — and no one should want his crown. This week, Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill ...

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 ...

"They’re dangerous people, and it’s a small number of them. They’re repeated recidivists," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. "We are not going to surrender our streets to violence.” "These are no ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville’s drill rap scene is not what it was five or six years ago. And that’s a good thing. Drill music, a subgenre of hip-hop, originated in Chicago in the early 2010s ...