The FADER breaks down the best rap songs of January 2025 featuring tracks from Rio Da Yung OG, LIl Hawa, Fivio Foreign, ...

Since the Eighties, Miami has been deeply intertwined with hip-hop culture. The city has produced artists such as 2 Live Crew ...

Murderer records hit drill rap song behind bars and earns £100s after posting video on YouTube He led a gang of four who shot dead gang rival Kacey Boothe at a baby’s birthday party in 2022 in ...

Kacey Boothe was killed outside a party in 2022Credit: Central News He led a gang of four who shot dead gang rival Kacey Boothe at a baby’s birthday party in 2022 in East London. They were all ...

Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

While there are plenty of recent rap songs that sampled early 2000s sounds, they mostly rip a loop and put it under modern drums. “Tweaker,” with its NOLA bounce-inspired percussion and ...

SICK rap lyrics have been posted online boasting of the murder of a boy of 14 — as his mum told of trying to free him from the clutches of gang life. Kelyan Bossaka, who rapped under the name ...

It’s proving to be much more than a novelty. By Jon Caramanica How will rap hits get made in 2025? Judging by the year’s first unexpected hip-hop breakthrough, the answer is by accident ...

Kelyan Bossaka’s family have described a rap about his murder as ‘shocking and disgusting’ (Picture: Nick Edwards/PA/UKNIP) The family of a 14-year-old boy fatally stabbed on a bus in south ...

Now 35, he was released on licence in June 2023. Reports in the Sun newspaper claim he is TEN, a drill rap artist whose music often features violent themes, and who conceals his identity with a ...