A Michigan inmate has accused the rapper of abusing him in 1997. The hearing was scheduled for Monday but when the musician did not show up, the judge awarded a default judgment
On her sixth album ‘Cambio’, which she considers “the most powerful of my career”, she calls out artists who, she says, are making careers out of selling vice and violence in songs for adolescents
The cameras of a luxurious establishment in Los Angeles recorded the violent blows that the artist inflicted on his partner seven years ago. She reported him in November but withdrew the lawsuit a day later
The rap star who got her break on YouTube has a Latin Grammy to her name. She has made a hallmark out of unexpected, audacious and continuous changes. Now she’s back with a new identity and a new album: ‘Grasa’
No one does trap like the Puerto Rican Eladio Carrión, who started making funny videos on social media and is now selling out stadiums across the world, cleverly sidestepping the clichés of his genre
This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security searched two of the homes of the artist known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, who faces a sex trafficking investigation
The singer’s second album is the best of the year, according to ‘The New York Times’ and ‘Rolling Stone’; she has more Grammy nominations than Taylor Swift and connects with a wide audience thanks to her brazen, feminine lyrics
The Prosecutor’s Office has reopened the case into the singer’s death, which had been shelved eight years ago as a homicide-suicide. It released a video in which his former manager confesses to the murder and staging the crime scene with the help of intelligence service officials
Born in the marginal areas of Chicago, this musical genre is similar to rap, but with rawer lyrics, harder music and its own esthetic. It has recently arrived in Europe, reaching young people of diverse backgrounds. The themes of drill music deal with life on the street, violence and a lack of hope
The Puerto Rican singer left college to focus on his music, and the bet paid off. Now, his name is synonymous with streaming milestones, successful collaborations and number one songs on all the charts
Although hip hop has made the phenomenon of ‘flexing’ popular, it’s common across professions and eras, from Picasso to Cristiano Ronaldo. Putting on a façade to impress people is also loaded with interpretations related to class and art that go beyond the surface
In today’s era of spectacle and entertainment, a new commercial approach reflects a new focus on profitability
Two-and-a-half years after the release of the album that made him a global star, the artist is preparing to kill the past. He has a new documentary out, directed by his own LA-based production house, Little Spain. It narrates the vitality and creative process behind his music. EL PAÍS spoke with the singer about what’s been going on in his life and what’s coming next
Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis as the ‘on-ground, on-site commander’ who ‘ordered the death’ of Shakur
Its foundations are steeped in the Black communities where it first made itself known but it’s spread out until there’s no corner of the world that hasn’t been touched by it
The American rapper was set to present his new album, ‘Utopia,’ on July 28 at one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Until the event was called off
Shakur was fatally shot in September 1996 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He was 25
The night’s biggest surprise was a rare public performance by Quavo and Offset, the surviving members of Migos, who did a rendition of ‘Bad and Boujee’ in front of an image of Takeoff, who died in a shooting last November
The network known as Black Entertainment Television took up the mantle to showcase a misunderstood rap culture decades before it became today’s most popular music genre
He was credited with helping elevate the city’s hip-hop scene nationally. Tributes from other rappers are pouring in across social media. Rapper Bun B called Powell “one of the most naturally talented artists” in Houston
Jhon Anderson Hurtado’s first novel, ‘Tunda,’ opens a window into a world in which paramilitarism in Buenaventura, witchcraft in the mangroves and scavenging in the streets of Bogotá coexist
The ‘Trap Queen’ rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to a conspiracy drug charge
The festival commemorates the 50th anniversary of rap and is set to run June 30 through July 3, with three nights of music inside the Superdome, beginning that Friday
