Cloud rap’s golden era lives on this trilogy-closing new album from smokedope2016, whose candidly emotional raps and misty, ...

Black Kray, an American rapper poses for a photograph. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons If you’ve been following the atmospheric Internet-based cloud rap movement from the 2010s onward, someone you ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. Hip ...

Hip hop has never been just one sound — it’s a collection of styles that grew from the streets into global movements. From the simple rhymes of Old Skool Rap to the raw edge of Hardcore and Gangsta ...