Rapper Denzel Curry claimed to be the first rapper played in space after his song was used as a wake-up call for the Artemis ...

Tens of thousands turned up to watch and more than 18 million people live-streamed the one-hour show - a slick teaser of the ...

Jacobs went on to record more than 10,000 concerts, with increasingly sophisticated equipment, over four decades in Chicago ...

The most anticipated comeback of the century has finally arrived. On March 20, the K-pop boy group BTS has released their new album “ARIRANG.”   The album consisted of the songs “Body to Body,” ...

Denzel Curry may have just made Hip-Hop history after NASA confirmed his music was played during a mission circling the moon.

From Bill Haley to Nirvana, 23 songs that blasted into the rock pantheon like so many objects from outer space ...

A hit song from one of the most successful artists of all time has landed in a surprising place on a music ranking. Even though it was embraced by the masses, Eminem's "Rap God" was named the "worst ...

To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day, here are some of The Root’s favorite rap love songs. While hip-hop is often characterized by its bravado and aggression, the genre has also flourished ...

In 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince received the first-ever rap Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for their track, “Parents Just Don’t Understand”. Since then, the genre has grown ...

From Run-DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to “Trap Christmas”…rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms. Christmas in Hip-Hop has never been ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Rap music in 2025 was a rich mix of introspection, experimentation and cultural significance. As mainstream rap fell in and out of favor, the genre flourished with adventurous producing, serious ...