The rapper and singer has always been a master of the internet, not of music. But with his latest release, “J Christ,” he’s lost his...

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish.

ValTown, an account on X and other social media platforms, spotlights gangs and drug kingpins of the 1980s and 1990s — and how crime and...

A few weeks of political brouhaha this summer obscured a different story: The genre is moving, in fits and starts, from the political to the...

On “Pink Friday 2,” the rapper remains a star navigating hip-hop on sometimes untested terms. But even as she’s receded from the center of the...

The Agushto Papa podcast has become the go-to media outlet for the rising stars of música Mexicana.

The rapper’s new album, “For All the Dogs,” comes after a summer of live-show triumph and extra-musical boredom.

The reigning king of corridos tumbados is bringing an updated version of traditional music to international collaborators and audiences.

In the inaugural show at Sphere, a $2.3 billion venue, a band unafraid of pomp and spectacle was sometimes out-pomped and out-spectacled.

On her new LP, the rapper turns out tracks about her musical prowess and lust that show she’s not interested in making music the way...