By 1999, rap music was running the world. These are three rap songs from 1999 you should totally add to your rotation.

Music found $onny XL long before the world ever heard his name.

Def Jam, the influential US record label, will launch a division in the "capital of Chinese hip-hop" Chengdu, its parent ...

From working with Kendrick Lamar to battling thyroid cancer, the Bronx native is healthier, sharper and ready to show a new ...

Lara Trump stirred social media chaos after resurfaced footage showed her dancing alongside Egyptian rap superstar Mohamed ...

The National Museum of African American Music announced a slate of special events on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, Jan.

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Welcome to one of the worst years in Hot 100 history. Sure, most #1 hits these days are especially crummy, but there’s something impossible about 2005’s lukewarm output. Considering how rich 2004 was, ...

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 ...

Last spring, a month and a half into American Idol’s 23rd season, the reality singing competition did something it had never done before. It aired a three-hour special on Easter Sunday, themed around ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. You can hear these songs in our ongoing Best ...

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 ...