Chisolm formed the group in Columbia, South Carolina in 1979 along with Angie B and Cheryl the Pearl. Their 1979 single “Funk ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Javier Hasse is a cannabis and psychedelics reporter and book author. Tens of millions of social media followers. Thousands of ...

Welcome to the cloud-rap revival. “Cloud rap” is a pretty amorphous term, but these songs have the same basic ingredients.

Shawna and Mia are taking Miami by storm. They figured out their aesthetic, their raps are crisp, and their production is top notch thanks to help from Lamont, Mia’s baby father. In episode seven of ...

Ask 10 hip-hop fans of different ages what the greatest year in rap music was, and you’ll get 10 different answers. Music consumption is a deeply personal endeavor, shaped by individual taste and ...

Rap music—an art form that turned fifty this year despite being pronounced dead many times over—supposedly died again on April 19, amid the ongoing contest of champions between Compton and Toronto’s ...

It’s a cycle on repeat: A beloved rapper is murdered. Family, friends and fans react online. The case is investigated yet typically goes unsolved. The hip-hop community calls for change, but there ...

If you’ve been in underground rap fan circles, you may be incredibly excited to hear two of the most popular underground rappers and a burgeoning cloud rap production collective share spaces ...

I made a rap song in only one hour! Writing, recording, and mixing a song isn't a quick process, but we're gonna speed it up ...

Like a soap opera, you skip an episode and lose track of the story. For the past month, two of the most successful hip-hop artists of recent times—Kendrick Lamar and Drake—have been embroiled in a ...

Hey, young world. Here's a story about one measure of the distance hip-hop has traveled in its 50 years. Once upon a time, not long ago, to paraphrase a great rap storyteller, an 11-year-old in Queens ...