9 key moments in the rise of U.K. rap’s new underground As Fakemink, YT, and more artists are on the verge of becoming household names, we look back on how their scene grew its unstoppable momentum.

Typically, we run an artist-to-watch list at the beginning of the year. This time around, we've been a little busy tapping into the local hip-hop scene and taking notes. In previous editions of ...

Blondie’s list of songs shows how much they liked to try new things. They were bold, always changing, and shook up the ...

After launching the Freshman platform in 2007 with artists like Plies and Boosie BadAzz, XXL has kept the tradition going for more than a decade. The result has been ushering in some of hip-hop's ...

Footage of the unsanctioned event has emerged as former world boxing champion Anthony Mundine presses the NSW government to approve bare knuckle boxing.

Hip-hop music emerged as a testament to resilience and creative ingenuity, yet many of its foundational rappers departed ...

The “underground” has become such a coherent entity that it’s basically now a commercialized sideshow to the mainstream, requiring its own cast of marketable (and hateable) personas.

Complex’s 50 Best New York Rappers list has resurfaced. Though the article was originally posted in 2023, Fat Joe and Jadakiss still discussed it on the latest episode of their podcast, Joe and ...

Long before he became the front-runner to become New York City’s next mayor, New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani ...

ALL MONTH LONG, WE’VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING AMERICAN MUSIC GENRES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH. IN THE LAST TWO ...