Madison Youth Poet Laureate and rapper Justin Russell insists he wrote his first rap song out of necessity. The diss track, aimed at a sixth-grade math teacher he despised, became infamous among his ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a cold day in January, members of the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department stood face-to-face with members of the community with the downtown skyline behind them. FACE KC, a ...

Few people have done more to shape what rap sounds like in America today than James Prince, the founder and CEO of Houston’s Rap-A-Lot Records. The rap mogul, 50, sat down with rapper Bun B for a ...

Have you heard of Jason Rodgers? Troy Barnes? Childish Gambino? If not, then you wouldn’t know that all three are alter egos of Donald Glover — the mastermind behind the YouTube sensation that is ...

Midnight Madness is being called “The Blood Sport of Battle Rap,” a travelling battle rap collective of some of the best emcees in the scene. Something unthinkable happened in the world of battle rap ...