hip hop

Sampa The Great makes history by becoming the first and only artist to win the Australian Music Prize twice. The Zambian-born, Botswana-raised Aussie rapper bagged the AMP with The Return, her first…

Aussie artists dispute a report by Deezer that hip hip fans are consuming less LPs.

Hip hop is a culture that has resonated across the world to combat oppression since its inception. Women have always been there, but they have also been made to feel like they have to lead with their…

French Montana is the first big international performer announced for DRIP World, a new multi-date hip-hop festival which plans to visit both coasts later this year. The Morocco-born, Bronx-raised…

Global digital-media consumption is accelerating at a rapid-fire pace, and music videos comprise just a tiny microcosm of that phenomenon: six of the top 10 music-video debuts of all time, defined by…

It's hard to deny the huge impact that hip-hop had in 2018. From Childish Gambino's pop-culture stir, to Kanye West's King Gizzard-esque output to hip-hop officially taking over as the most popular…

Hip-hop icon LL Cool J is embroiled in a legal battle, attempting to stop promoters of a US hip-hop festival from trademarking the name of one of his songs. Back in 1985, LL Cool J burst onto the…

Fans of the Australian hip hop, rap, and R B music scenes are in for a treat, with the new weekly series MTV Call Response: Hip Hop set to make its premiere tonight. While Australian music fans have…

The infamous Heaven's Gate cult are not too happy with US hip-hop artist Lil Uzi Vert, accusing the rapper of stealing their artwork for his upcoming release. Back in 1997, Heaven's Gate achieved…

Of the four records that Kanye West has released between May and June of 2018, perhaps the best song among the bunch is track two on the Kanye-produced Nas album Nasir. The song is named 'Cops Shot…