Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create something deeper.

Crafted with wisdom and real heart, the pop-rap duo’s first album in over a decade is defined by its story of perseverance.

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past.

The dialect lends itself to rap because it’s softer than Mandarin Chinese and there are a lot more rhymes, says 25-year ... Regulators had given the go-ahead for hip-hop to continue its growth ...

Turning poetic pens into megaphones, hip hop has always announced the realities of environments where poverty, crime, ...

Did you know that France is the second largest market for rap albums in the world? In fact, some French artists sell more units than their American ...

"It impressed a lot of people because the music was age-appropriate," said London's dad, Rufus Williams, of Hackensack. He ...

The proliferation of "y'all" points to a global cultural shift toward more inclusive language and merging traditions.

A succinct, universal definition of "y'all" is hard to pin down ... how a rapper may alter the pronunciation of a word to fit a rhyme, so early 17th century poets may have derived the word ...

Khari Mosley may be a bowtie-wearing City Councilman by day, but by night he is KMOS — half of a hip-hop duo that is “Bringing ’88 Back." ...

Musical ability is just one component of the character Elouise Eftos plays in her returning show, Australia’s First ...