Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Himanshu Suri, a.k.a. Heems - Credit: Atif Ateeq* Earlier this month, Zohran Mamdani went on Hot 97, New York’s preeminent hip-hop ...

Rumors of hip-hop’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. All hip-hop fans need to do is push past the Top 40 bubble and find the under-the- radar artists who are making the rap world so interesting.

Producer Infinity Knives’ adventurous, electronic-­driven tracks have been the perfect sound bed for Brian Ennals’ sharp social commentary and self-effacing sense of humor, going back to their joint ...

Industry insiders mull over the history of 'experimental' as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless.

The last week of the month of June is stacked with new hip-hop releases. This week, a hit-making producer drops a solo LP, an indie rapper with a huge following releases his sixth album, a ...

A much-hyped double album finds the two reveling in a mutual influence that has bloomed for a decade, shaping a scene in the process. In 2017, a rising, then-18-year-old rapper named MIKE revealed to ...

Murs is a prolific proletarian artist who’s given us heartfelt, earnest verses since he began rapping professionally in the mid-90s. Born Nicholas Carter, the veteran Los Angeles MC is an indie rap ...

Indie rap isn’t about waiting on a label anymore. Artists fund their music through merch, fans, streaming, and smart business moves that keep them free and paid. Back in the day, being an indie rapper ...

Drawing the biggest crowd ever for a homegrown hip-hop act at the Minnesota State Fair grandstand was just one of many reasons Saturday’s concert by Atmosphere felt like a truly big deal. After ...

Last year was a bad year for rap, but at least a few people got to put out albums. We’re in the fifth month of 2008, and the first thoroughly solid major-label rap album, the Roots’ Rising Down, only ...

As wunderkinds of different generations, inclined to deep thought, scholarly reference, cerebral turns of phrase and soul sampling, both rappers have shouldered the burden of traditionalist rap ...