Sean "Diddy" Combs apologized for "all of the hurt and pain" he caused with his conduct in a letter submitted to the court ahead of Friday's sentencing. "I take full responsibility and accountability ...

He’s getting a second chance to beat the rap. A Brooklyn man convicted of helping a killer pull off a 2016 shooting will get a new trial, after a state appeals court ruled that the judge in the case ...

Let God Sort Em Out album art (Photo source: instagram @clipse) The day finally arrived, the one that many rap fans had been waiting for. The Clipse have returned. Their new album, Let God Sort ’Em ...

Weather forecasts can be fun. Meteorologist Adam Krueger has become known as Weather Adam for his shrewd ability to incorporate song lyrics into his energetic weather reports. On Friday (June 6), ...

“Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients / Youngbloods can’t spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.” Mos Def raises the stakes of this rhyme in the first line by presenting the ...

Rap music may not be known for its most uplifting content, but Berklee College of Music professor Roy Studmire challenges at-risk youth to create music without the profanity and sexually explicit ...

Merely singing about shooting a sheriff would not convict Bob Marley of murder, no more than writing about burying a man under the floorboards would convict Edgar Allen Poe. But rapping about "a ...

Kevin Durant has been one of the best players in the NBA basically since he arrived in the league in 2008, but due to his overlap with Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry, he hasn’t ever ...

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"The portrayal of rap lyrics as literal expressions of criminal intent ignores the longstanding tradition of adopting personas, exaggeration, and hyperbole for artistic effect," writes the NJLJ Young ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...