VIRGINIA BEACH — Some resort area business owners are concerned an Oceanfront music festival set to feature rap and hip-hop artists later this month will lack broad appeal and won’t generate tourism ...

The AI-generated artwork for the AI-generated song, "BBL Drizzy," by Delray Beach native Willonius Hatcher. The catchy track went viral amidst a hip hop/rap battle between giants Kendrick Lamar and ...

Rap music is often viewed as the ode to gang violence. Ask Florida millionaires and they might tell you that rap music has no place in a gentrified society. Of course, Tupac, Lil Wayne, and even ...

The Beach Boys’ eleventh studio album, Pet Sounds, is rightfully regarded as one of the most monumental records to come out of the 1960s. But when the California band released it, they were fighting ...

With Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Luther” falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart’s top 40 last week. The ...

Mureka AI, a pioneering platform celebrated for its advancements at the intersection of artificial intelligence and music, has officially been recognized with a prestigious industry title. This ...

You know how the cliché goes: rappers want to be basketball players, and basketball players want to be rappers. This has been a truism since the '90s, when rap really started taking off as a ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

With Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Luther" falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart's top 40 last week. The ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...