Drake, LUCKI, BNYX®, and Quando Rondo lead this week's hip-hop releases, alongside new drops from Kenny Mason, Domo Genesis, BIA, and more.

Richmond rapper Fijiana is a rising artist in the Bay Area’s music scene. Born in Fiji, she is Indian and her culture is very prevalent in her music. In fact, Fijiana just made her debut performance in India.

SAKY produces hip-hop that reflects his experiences as a Chinese American who grew up in Chapel Hill. He talks about his latest release "It.," trying to resist being labeled as an Asian rapper, and who he's making music for.

Busta Rhymes performs at BottleRock in Napa on Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Madilynne Medina/SFGATE) A pioneer of rapid-fire rap delivery and one of hip-hop's most explosive live performers, Brooklyn rapper Busta Rhymes has spent more than three decades building a catalog that wooed the crowd at BottleRock in Napa Valley.

New research published in the journal Psychology of Music suggests that people often form negative opinions about individuals simply because they listen to rap music. The findings indicate that reading violent or sexually explicit rap lyrics causes observers to view a hypothetical fan of that music as more sexually aggressive and more capable of

Hyundai Motor America, in collaboration with its agency, Culture Brands, is back with a new campaign as part of its award-winning “OKAY Hyundai” series. The campaign, which celebrates music and community, features multi-platinum artist and the ultimate ...

In 2016, as "mumble rap" was being used as a slur for the first time, and SoundCloud had become a bolt-hole offering asylum to young hip-hop castoffs, a handful of the movement's defining figures were further testing the limits of genre, like rebellious ...

The duo’s 1988 hit “It Takes Two,” situated Base’s bars over the Think drum break, a popular loop drawn from Lyn Collins’ James Brown-produced 1972 song “Think (About

Rob Base, the rapper known for the certified platinum song “It Takes Two,” died on Friday, according to a statement on his official social media account. He was 59. Mr. Base h