Rap

The growing trend within the urban genre can be explained by factors such as the Paycheck Protection Program and his decision to pardon some artists

The album ‘All Eyez On Me’, which kicked off what promised to be a glorious 1996 for the rapper, went down in history first for the visceral nature of its lyrics and then for becoming the last release of the controversial artist during his lifetime

The Mexican artist is in the eye of the storm, sanctioned by the Treasury Department for allegedly money laundering for the criminal organization. His social media accounts and access to his music online have been blocked

Twenty years after his last album, the Oscar-winning — and controversial — actor returns to music, reminding the world that before he became a Hollywood superstar, he was one of the pioneers who helped bring rap into the mainstream

What was born as a diss track against Drake is now an anthem denouncing appropriation and ‘cultural colonialism’

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