Over the last few weeks, “Old Town Road” — a strutting and lightheartedly comedic country-rap tune by the previously unknown 20-year-old rapper Lil Nas X — has lived an improbable number of lives. It ...

On this day in Hip-Hop, St. Louis native and rap icon Nelly released his groundbreaking debut album, Country Grammar, via Universal Records. Dropping in the heat of summer 2000, the project blended ...

The next two months in Reno-Tahoe have a stacked lineup of rap and hip-hop concerts including both established legends and ...

Music veteran Clever's emergence in country's mainstream proves how quickly pushing into the genre's hip-hop adjacency has yielded a stream of intriguing independent artists uniquely prepared to ...

You really don’t see country and hip-hop collaborations that much nowadays. It’s a shame, really. These two genres might not have a ton in common musically, but they’re different enough to really ...

In 2024, 20% of the Recording Industry Association of America's gold- and platinum-selling albums and singles claimed Nashville's music industry in their development. That surge has balanced the music ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Every time country and hip-hop collide, the Sam Hunt bat-signal goes up. So it was no surprise that last month Hunt found himself in the home studio of his longtime producer Zach ...

Rap battles weren’t just friendly competitions anymore; the tension between East Coast and West Coast artists led to real-life feuds, some of which had tragic consequences. The tragic deaths of Tupac ...

Dallas-Fort Worth hip-hop has become a hotspot for discovering the next superstar. With New Dallas being the talk of the city, the drill scene’s undeniable popularity and boogie music making a ...

Hip-Hop didn’t invent rebellion, it inherited the fire from H. Rap Brown long before the culture had a name. The Line From H. Rap Brown To Hip-Hop Has Always Been Clear – Even If It Isn’t Stated ...

Inside Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College, where southern gentility meets raw academic ambition, Dr. Joycelyn Wilson holds court with the easy confidence of someone who’s mastered the delicate art of ...