Since the 1990s, police and prosecutors have used lyrics to build criminal cases against rap artists. It's a practice that blurs the distinction... Mac the Camouflage Assassin. Boosie Badazz. Drakeo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height ...

For early fans of the Philadelphia-born rap group The Roots, it might seem impossible to believe just how well-known and popular the band has become. Led by Questlove and Black Thought, The Roots are ...

JAY-Z's freestyle targeting major rap figures like Drake and Kanye West at the Roots Picnic reignited debate on rap beef, contrasting with his earlier comments on lyrical competition.

Hey, hipsters. We hear you’re now on some ancient hip-hop kick and are out at Tempe’s Gracie’s Thrift digging through the boxes of cassette tapes trying to score some Kurtis Blow and The Sugar Hill ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — Southern-rap group Nappy Roots always “keeps it Nappy,” and their trek to Wyoming’s capital city on Friday will be no ...

CNN — (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so ...

Mac the Camouflage Assassin. Boosie Badazz. Drakeo the Ruler. Mayhem Mal. Since the early 1990s, police and prosecutors have used lyrics to build and try hundreds of criminal cases against rap artists ...