Rap (genre)

Lil Boosie murder trial: Did his lyrics show an intent to kill?

2012-05-10 09:01:00

Lil Boosie, a gangsta rapper of national renown, is facing first-degree murder charges in his hometown of Baton Rouge, La., and this week prosecutors introduced his own�recordings into court. The�musician's violent and threat-filled lyrics, they say, show...

Los Angeles riots: Gangsta rap foretold them and grew after them

2012-05-02 00:00:00

In 1985, Los Angeles rapper Toddy Tee released what could be considered West Coast hip-hop's opening salvo against police brutality in black neighborhoods. The electro-grooved "Batterram," named for the battering ram that then-LAPD Chief Daryl F. Gates...

Adam Yauch dies at 47; Beastie Boys' rapper MCA

2012-05-05 00:00:00

It had only been a few years since Adam Yauch had found fame as the in-your-face rapper and bass player MCA in the transgressive, boundary-breaking trio the Beastie Boys. But in 1992 he was searching for something else, traveling in Nepal to snowboard...

Adam Yauch, founding member of the Beastie Boys, dies at 47

2012-05-04 11:32:00

The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, best known the world over as the thoughtful, witty, in-your-face rapper MCA, has died, according to Rolling Stone and the hip-hop website Global Grind, which is run by Russell Simmons. Yauch, who had been battling cancer...

'Hangtown Dummy' returns to gold-rush town; not everyone thrilled

2011-11-29 16:34:52

Man who tossed son off harbor cruise heads to veterans court

2011-11-29 16:34:52

Grammy Awards 2012: As Whitney Houston's death casts shadow, Adele sweeps the awards

2012-02-12 21:08:00

On an evening overshadowed by the shocking death of a singer who was once one of pop music’s most radiant young stars, the pop stratosphere’s latest bright light, 23-year-old British R&B-soul singer Adele, was showered Sunday night with six...

Sylvia Robinson dies at 76; produced first hip-hop hit

2011-09-30 00:00:00

The woman some call the mother of hip-hop has died. Sylvia Robinson, who had a hit as a singer-songwriter with the sexually charged "Pillow Talk" but was later known as one of hip-hop's early founders for releasing "Rapper's Delight," rap's first...

King Fantastic talks about the origins of electro-infused beach bum gangster rap

2011-08-03 16:36:29

Gil Scott-Heron dies; influential poet/musician helped inspire rap

2011-05-27 19:49:00

Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62; singer and poet 'set the template' for rap music

2011-05-29 00:00:00

Gil Scott-Heron, a singer, songwriter, poet and author whose social commentary and combination of spoken words with musical grooves are widely cited as a seminal influence on rap music, died Friday. He was 62. The Associated Press reported that a friend,...

Grammy Awards 2011: Lady Antebellum nears a rout with 'Need You Now'; Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs' takes album of the year

2011-02-08 12:31:20

Lady Antebellum's desperate late-night call for companionship, "Need You Now," was named record and song of the year among five awards the country trio collected during the 53rd Grammy Awards ceremony Sunday from Staples Center in Los Angeles. But the...

Kanye West didn't make it to the show, but he managed to have a pretty great night anyway since he won four trophies and lost three -- but considering two of those losses were to himself, we're thinking he didn't mind too much.

2012-02-12 20:55:23

"All Of The Lights," performed by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie, won the Grammy for best rap song. The award went to the song's writers Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West.

2012-02-12 15:17:04

Song of the year: "All Of the Lights," Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie) Rap/sung collaboration: "All Of the Lights," Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie Rap performance: "Otis," Jay-Z & Kanye West Rap song: "All of the

2011-11-30 17:06:48