December 20, 2024 • For NPR Music's hip-hop and R&B editor, no list could capture an accurate picture of the year, yet there's still value in calling out the albums that felt unignorable.

The massive two-day hip-hop festival continues its reign as one of the biggest celebrations of rap music, drawing fans from across the country to the sprawling grounds just outside SoFi Stadium.

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Blending martial arts with hip hop dancing, 10-year-old Song Haoming and 12-year-old Fu Junxi made it into Juste Debout’s 2025 semi-finals, setting a record for Chinese participants in the hip hop ...

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"You can't hide in music," Davis says, kicking his feet up on his desk and sparking a joint the size of a Kit Kat. We're in one of the office ... During these formative years, hip-hop became his ...

A video from one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ star-studded New Year’s Eve parties has resurfaced as the fallen hip-hop mogul awaits the May 5 start of his federal trial for sex trafficking and ...

St. Cloud Cathedral forward John Hirschfeld (6) breaks away with the puck against Orono in the first period during a Class 1A boys hockey state semifinal game Friday at the Xcel Energy Center in ...

Detective Melissa Mercado was recorded dancing in a black bra, matching G-string and glitter boots as she made it rain next to a pole in the S-Quire hip-hop video, “Doin That,” last month.

Kendrick Lamar’s set at the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show was the culmination of a historic year—one where he not only cemented his dominance in hip-hop but also reshaped the ...

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With the loss of multi-talented instrumentalist Roy Ayers, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84, the hip-hop world is honoring one of its greatest inspirations and sample sources. Hip-hop ...