Rap music has long been a source for storytelling, wordplay, and cultural commentary, and – naturally – the art form frequently draws from classic and modern literature. Some of the most iconic rap ...

It’s pretty easy to see why Nicki Minaj is making her much-touted return to hip-hop’s spotlight with a single called “Chun-Li.” Like the popular female Street Fighter character, she’s been the sole ...

Rick Ross, the rapper most likely to never play in the NBA, once stated, “Rappers want to be ballers, ballers want to be rappers.” The eternal bromance between hip-hop... Rick Ross, the rapper most ...

Wiz Khalifa being a guest on this week's episode of Monday Night Raw is only the latest in a long line of the wrestling world and the rap world coming together. There have been rap songs used as ...

A lot happened in hip-hop in 2015. It was a good year for rap in 2015, and fittingly enough, sports—one of hip-hop's oldest inspiration wells—saw significant representation in the mix. And with 2015 ...

Since 1988, over 19,000 rap songs have made reference to marijuana and cocaine. Far fewer have mentioned prescription drugs, Codeine and MDMA, though Sizzurp, that foul concoction of promethazine and ...

Hundreds of years from now anthropologists will be able to best date new millennium trends by rap songs. Take technology, for example. As we've become increasingly more dependent on smartphones and ...