Rapper Ca$h Out must pay $40 million to a sex trafficking victim while serving life in prison for running a criminal enterprise.

After his song "If I Had $150,000" was introduced by Luke Combs on "ManningCast" in November, Michael Malloy became a ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the best music Afropop had to offer. “Tout Donner” feels like an exhale after ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

A ‘Trump class’ folly on the high seas Where a Saudi company pumps desert groundwater, Arizona considers imposing limits Press conference makes it clear a lawsuit is coming against DK Metcalf ICC ...

Montana 700 talks with kids during a holiday drive organized by 'New Dallas' collective rappers at the Eloise Lundy Recreation Center on Tuesday in Dallas. Azul Sordo / Staff Photographer Outside the ...

From "Sinners" to "One Battle After Another" to "One of Them Days," here is a look at CA reporter John Beifuss' favorite ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Timothée Chalamet shouted out his girlfriend Kylie Jenner in his new rap song with his rumored alter-ego EsDeeKid. “It’s Timothée Chalamet chillin’, tryin’ to stack $100 million. Girl got $1 billion,” ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...