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The year was 1988. Hip-hop music was really taking shape thanks to big name artists like Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J. It was a year before the Grammy Awards would hand out the first ...

Rap music was invented in the early 1970s. According to lore, the musical style was first on display at a party in the fall—family and friends gathering around the turntables to mark the important ...

Joseph E. Foreman, known as Afroman, used rap songs and security footage to mock Ohio officers who raided his home, then beat ...

We asked, and metro Detroit answered. For the second year, we put out a survey calling on local artists to share their music with us as well as a little bit about themselves. And they delivered! From ...

Rapper Afroman, who was sued by Ohio police after his music videos used footage from a 2022 police raid, defended his work ...

A group of white teens were cleared of hate crime allegations after a black Virginia Tech professor whined to cops he was a victim of a racist attack when they blasted rap music and dumped snow near ...

The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a ...

Early on, Sueco intrigued listeners by melding trap-influenced beats and a love of pop punk with angsty, vulnerable lyrics. They could sense that the emotional core of his music came from a real place ...

NBA player and team drops have been a part of hip-hop lyrics for more than 50 years. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; photos: Leon Bennett, Ezra Shaw, George De Sota, Emilee Chin / Getty ...