“Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down,” Chris raps. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the collapsed sofa, and there was an owl rapping its claw on the window, a newspaper held in its beak. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The teacher, who reeked of sour ash, rapped the tiny backs of his students’ hands when they made a mistake. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The class laughed along with him, but I always thought cliches got a bum rap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The company had seated themselves again, and conver-sation was just beginning to resume, when there came an authoritative rapping of knuckles upon wood and M. Dupont had risen to his feet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I know me some rap, and I start to thinking I should show Mr. Ward what rap is really all about. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One student read Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies as raps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But finally she heard someone rap on the table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And I lay not in Osh’s bed but on the floor alongside my own, unhappy that the rain on the roof, rapping its wet fingers on the window-panes, made it impossible to hear him breathing. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They weren’t too shabby, considering I’d only done a few rap pieces before. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many rap and hip-hop songs had lyrics referring to the “over-seers,” meaning any kind of cops. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Takumi couldn’t believe it either, and he walked over to me, tussling my hair with his hand, and started rapping to Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gopal complained, “I have to sit in a hot schoolroom all day and have my knuckles rapped if I look out the window. You are the lucky one.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I say, rapping on the door of their stateroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The voices in the room grew loud and the coroner rapped for order. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A seventy-year-old lady does gymnastics as if she’s fifteen, then a man sings a rap song while dancing like a robot. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Now Gogol raps his knuckles on the window, but the train begins to move as his mother and Sonia are still struggling to spot him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up even before the door knocker rapped, and put her book down on the little side table before smoothing her skirt and touching her hair. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

All of his fury was saved for Pearl, and later that afternoon, when she tiptoed upstairs and rapped on his door, he was not in the mood to listen to her excuses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I need to do more, and the only thing I know to do is rap. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to concentrate in the lunchroom with the girls’ step team practicing in one corner, a rap group performing in the other, and Vondie and JB waxing poetic about love and basketball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The judge rapped with the gavel, calling a recess. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rapped his gavel on his desk and left the courtroom. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The judge rapped for order, and said: “Court will adjourn for one hour.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly was the door closed than there was a rap on it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon I sat with Pops a while and we had a light rap. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Education over everything, including rapping. I thought I made that clear?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then my dad breaks into this whole rap about how bad drugs are and it’s like we’re making a television commercial or something. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody can know that Miles with an s hates rapping, prefers photography, and is completely, one hundred percent gay.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d drift off into a deep sleep under the hypnotizing spell of rap beats and tropical salsa rhythms. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harp and Gully’s crew had even made a stupid music video, rapping about how they were going to shoot up folks they had beef with. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You too,” he says, rapping on the glass with his knuckles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On an early MP3 player, he listened to rap and hip-hop. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At this point, there was a rap on the door, and Mr. Sharpe sidestepped into the chamber and bowed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Colonel rapped it up with freestyle beat-boxing, and we gave ourselves a round of applause. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rapped his knuckles against the carcass, he shook his head disappointedly. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The militarized nature of law enforcement in ghetto communities has inspired rap artists and black youth to refer to the police presence in black communities as “The Occupation.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Squadron Leader Creighton rapped out a greeting that couldn’t be ignored. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The word ‘limes’ was like fire to powder, his yellow face flushed, and he rapped on his desk with an energy which made Jenny skip to her seat with unusual rapidity. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four of us had started a rap and dance group when I was eight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was a light rap on the living room door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The hum of voices grew suddenly loud and the coroner rapped for order. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brum gave a sharp rap on the little window, startling Nina. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After the glasses had been filled, Bull rapped a gavel on the head table for silence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right before breakfast, Jaden brought me into the TV room and introduced me to all the posers sitting around on the couches watching a rap video. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

No more need of the gear; he discarded it and rapped on the apartment door. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And he rattles off a poem by some white guy named Dylan Thomas that sounds an awful lot like rap. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were wild with joy, shouting so loudly that the Secret Service rapped on our door to make sure something wasn’t wrong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But he’s the coolest adult in our school, and to prove it, he’s got a Grammy Award for best rap song sitting right at checkout, in plain view for everyone to see and touch. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He raps on the door at the end of the hall with the silver tip of his cane. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the toppings bar, Uncle Carlos breaks out into his fro-yo rap. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The main thing I want is to make rapping happen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Before Fudge could answer, there was another loud rap on the door. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we would practice miming the rap songs we had memorized. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her wooden high heels rapped the stone street. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Us pa av cks and assist over rap “This word must be ‘ropes,’” she said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I phoned her not long after it began, when the rapping against our windows got so bad I thought for certain those hundreds of tiny collisions would break the glass. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not long after, a large military vehicle drove up to the gate and rapped on the door. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Noah is drumming on his textbook pages, rapping like he’s Alexander Hamilton. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Summoning up her courage, Shanti sang an Eastern-influenced riff and broke into a rap about living on an island, eating grubs, rescuing pirates, and eating weird berries. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And for no reason at all that he could make out, his mind leaped to his father, stumping about on his wooden leg, rapping on his leg for attention with a walking stick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles would read his comics and draw in his book, and Needles, who at the time was still known as Ricky, would kick freestyle raps about whatever he saw on the street. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They’re a walking encyclopedia when it comes to pop culture, quoting the lines from their favorite movies verbatim or reciting every lyric from the latest rap CD. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The man rapped his clipboard against the door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to press my forehead against the frosty glass, had to deep-freeze my brain and ice down my anger before I could even lift my arm and rap on the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I rapped out, thinking, You can't coddle these sick people, it's the worst thing for them, it'll spoil them to bits. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

One of them found a rap cassette in my pocket and handed it to the chief. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The ringing of cell phones, the beeping of Game Boys, the traces of far-off rap music escaping the ear buds of a hundred iPods. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The boy rapped him lightly on the back of the head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay knows I like to rap, but I don’t think she realizes that I want to rap. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Moments later I heard my mother’s footsteps, followed by a light rap on the door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The room was full of noise and the judge rapped for quiet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

BREN: By poems, you mean, like, rap lyrics? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dana was the prize catch, the one with the rap sheet and the bad attitude. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daylight was creeping around the cracks of the world when Janie heard a feeble rap on the door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Khalil drops the brush in the door and cranks up his stereo, blasting an old rap song Daddy has played a million times. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Considering that they didn’t even like each other’s rapping, I wasn’t sure what to say. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her singing wasn’t special, but her rap was funny and tight, and the others whooped and applauded. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I rapped the roof of the car twice and Eduardo moved it slowly through the crowd before squealing off north, through the red lights, for Queens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then rapped three times on the thick black door, which was studded with iron nails and bore a knocker shaped like an eagle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some one rapped on the cage with an iron bar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I got a school rap sheet, but in school they call it a "file." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My conception of New York City came from rap music. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At the sixteenth floor was Aaron, holding his front door open, rap music about killing people on in the background, holding his metal cigarette out for me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He rapped loudly on Matthew’s door before entering the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’s rapping about keeping your head up, and Daddy glances at me as he raps along, like he’s telling me the same thing Tupac is. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He rapped on the table with a spoon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Junior, Talloi, and I listened to rap music, trying to memorize the lyrics so that we could avoid thinking about the situation at hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He rapped the arm of his chair twice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She raps back two confident knowing raps that match the confident knowing smile on her face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The majority of consumers of gangsta rap are white, suburban teenagers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A well-aimed rap of a hammer got the engine working again, but then, at about 10:30, an old section of hose burst and the flow of water stopped again. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Talcott rapped on the table and a hush fell over the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He rapped his leg with his stick and it gave forth a hollow sound. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the door did not open, and though he ran to the window and rapped long and loud, the enchantresses did not show themselves again. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

One held the nightstick he’d just used to rap the glass. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For a long time she had wanted to give Nurse Cramer a rap to make her shut up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She rapped him on the arm with the book, and he scowled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The governess was always getting muddled with her astrolabe, and when she got specially muddled she would take it out of the Wart by rapping his knuckles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come, Lupita,” Salvador said sharply, and he went to the door and rapped. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Not to put a bad rap on our town, but, more often than not, not everyone on the sports team was living their religion.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He raps about final goodbyes, nightmares we want to wake up from, and the inevitable squeeze of Death. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This goes on and on, the two of them on stage dancing and rapping when it is clear they are not good at either. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He awoke on a bench in the Long Island Railroad Station, a cop rapping on his boots with a nightstick, his escape money gone, the MacNamara sisters ready to eat him alive in Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I took off my old pants, which contained the rap cassettes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, she went down the hallway to Moody’s room and rapped on the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At lunch Manners Mistress said, “Don’t rap your knuckles on the table, Ella. The king would be ashamed of you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the hymn was over, the waiters brought coffee and Bull rapped with his gavel once again and announced, “The smoking lamp is lighted.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you keep away from her, cause she’s a rattrap if I ever seen one. You let Curley take the rap. He let himself in for it. Glove fulla vaseline,” George said disgustedly. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Most Americans only come to “know” about the people cycling in and out of prisons through fictional police dramas, music videos, gangsta rap, and “true” accounts of ghetto experience on the evening news. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I rapped on the metal frame of my best friend’s front screen door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Davos did not answer, he rapped his spoon against the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"To knit for. And to kick raps about!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But he is known to have a rap sheet that includes convictions for assault, including one with a deadly weapon. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I rap him a little harder than I meant to, but he doesn’t really react. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said the judge, rapping his gavel three times. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I got into trouble with the nuns at Maryvale they’d rap me on the knuckles with the edge of a metal ruler. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The door banged open, without having been rapped on. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mr. Tushman! I see you’re running a little behind today! Did your car get rear-ended again? What a bum rap!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

—Oh, don’t get me started about rap music . . . meaningless, mindless noise. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave a faint single rap, and Pepper—such was the compromising name of the avenging boy—announced “Mr. Gargery!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I got a thousand dollars in my pocket, the guy in the rap video was saying. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

If some Crown hadn’t killed my dad, he’d be a big rap star and money wouldn’t be an issue. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once she pried loose a crucifix with an ivory Jesus from a Station of the Cross and blessed her baby brother, Javier, with three mild raps to his forehead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave the horseshoe knocker three quick raps. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It gets easier,” Mama murmured, and then she was rapping loudly on a door on the right side of the hallway. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Outside the air smells summery, of mown grass and warm tar, and from somewhere high in the trees I hear a woodpecker rapping. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Different smells kept luring Victor into the kitchen, but every time he tried to sneak a taste he got his fingers rapped with a wooden spoon. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When rap was born, the early rap stars were not rapping about gangsta life, but “My Adidas” and good times in the ’hood in tunes like “Rapper’s Delight.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But it’s different when I rap about guns? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was rapping, I'd make a beat by knocking on the wall, until Doris or Jazz came banging on the bathroom door, telling me to cut it out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Little kids, old people, the men standing, rapping, gabbing on the corner. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Later that week there was a rap at the door of David Alexander’s rental i house in the Hollywood hills. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music is very funky, not like the straight-up gangsta rap music I usually hear in the neighborhood, although there is a lot of cursing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an echoing rap of a musket against the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He could rap, and apparently he could dance, too. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The hard soles of his shoes rapped loudly on the metaled road like a giant clock, and he made himself think about time, about his great hoard, the luxury of an unspent fortune. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You swallowed so much of the river we were afraid we’d never be able to pump it out of you, and that rap on your head didn’t help matters.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She rapped on the ice tabletop with her knuckles. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Commander Jameson walks up to my car door and raps twice on the window to get my attention. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Two more knocks, then a light rapping of the knuckles, like a message in Morse code. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, she rapped on a small pile of Black Swan Green Parish Magazines by her side. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Let us see what’s in your dragonfly box and we’ll join, you say, before The Mac starts, get this, rapping: Hey, DJ, Drop That Beat The Mac drinks tea in a dragonfly mug. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We climbed inside the car just as the first big drops of rain rapped against the roof. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter and I are relaxing between the matinée and evening show when there’s a soft rapping on our door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why teenagers get a bad rap, because old people are way worse drivers.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The man at the front table rapped again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear sharp as raps the lapping of waves against our gunwales. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Finn leaned over and rapped on the window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A rap on the side of her head made her gasp and almost drop the dishes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the mahogany bowl of his pipe upside down and rapped it with his knuckle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop says this rap stuff ain’t nothing but the devil’s music. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Several men hopped out and rapped the elephant-head knocker at the front door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He rapped her smartly on one ear, then cracked her knuckles as she was scrambling to her feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No one was in the mood to hear Flo Rida rapping in the background, and we all let him know it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The coroner rapped for order, then rose and stepped to the table and with one sweep of his arm flung the sheet back from Bessie’s body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After they had passed, Daryl tried to act like he was about to follow them and try to rap to them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I approach, you watch close, I’m a threat,” I rap, and there’s Malik’s secret footage of the clerk who followed us around the Midtown comic shop a few months ago. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I turned the recorder on and Amari started trying to rap. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the beeyard was still, and he would ride up to the house and rap on her window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Milez doesn’t look at me when he raps, like I’m no longer relevant. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Before I can punch him good, he’s singing a rap song. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

People experienced a sense of invulnerability and well-being by attending rap sessions, outdoor flute concerts; enjoyed having an official excuse to compare nightmares or break down in public. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The music changes, and Drake raps from the speakers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Visiting hours were only on weekends and no one ever came to see me anyway so I was surprised when the hospital guard rapped on my door one weekday afternoon and unlocked it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, she arrived the day before yesterday,” said Mrs. Weasley, rapping a large iron pot with her wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lightning would strike from the sky any instant; there would be a thunderclap, a boll of smoke, a silence, footsteps on the path, a rap on the crystalline door, and her running to answer.... The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morales assured me that when he heard the rapping, he’d take the chessboard off the bars and place it under his bunk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor rapped his knuckles on the table to quiet us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She rapped her knuckles on the laminated wall. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wyclef is their god and American rap videos are their church. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was a rap on the common room door and every Ravenclaw froze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Trey stops his poor attempt at rapping when we pull into the Ring. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then there had been a loud rap against the window. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swaggered across the gym, rolling his big shoulders, stopping only to rap the peanut bag on his way out. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A rap sheet, dude. Dana’s been busted before, is what the cops told my mom.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her mind, a teacher’s still the person that raps you on the knuckles with a ruler, or across the backside with a paddle. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

A soldier raps on Jacqui’s window, and she has no choice but to roll it down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Methuselah rapped the table with a bony paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I said, ‘Leave them alive, and this won’t be any small rap. Ten years the very least.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama raps a hand on the metal island to get everyone’s attention. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He listened with his eyes closed as five of the football players lip-synced to a rap song, to thunderous applause that dwarfed his own. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She crosses the landing and opens the wardrobe and, with the tip of her cane, reaches through the hanging shirts and raps three times on the false back wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sidewalk rap artists, Moonies, guitar-playing young men who ask me for subway tokens. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine isn’t as good as the one in here,” Baba would say, gently rapping Neel’s skull with his knuckles. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

A more obvious rapping on Richard Parker’s door couldn’t be imagined. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He raps the screen with his cue and it ripples. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We heard the footsteps stop outside Irene’s door, but there was empty time between the end of those steps and the heavy rap of his knuckles: ghost time. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

That night, a warder rapped on my cell door at bedtime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rap along with him, and mostly everyone joins in. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Before we parted to carry out our various evening chores of fetching water and cleaning lamps, we would say “Peace, son” or “I’m out,” phrases we had picked up from the rap lyrics. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He touched the stupid tooth around his neck and then turned his attention toward the TV, focused on another rap video that had started. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Presently he stood in front of her door, rapping with the edge of the wine bottle, his heart going to pieces inside his chest. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was tap and rap because I saw him start to run his mouth from the get-go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cora had closed her eyes when their loud rapping on the front door shocked her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Most of them had some guy standing there rapping and a lot of pretty girls dancing around him. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I rapped on the table when one of them downed three quick shots in a row. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my sack was finally full, I marched to the orphanage and rapped with the brass knocker. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sure you are. Especially since this is about to come to a halt. All of this li’l rap stuff of yours? It’s over.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon rapped the glass smartly with his knuckles, but the snake just snoozed on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It’s kinda like the rap side of me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“When nobody else cared that I wanted to rap, Aunt Pooh did.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Stop hitting poor old St. Paul—and give your heaviest raps on the head of every Nabob—man or woman—who does injustice to a human being—for the crime of color or sex!!” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And since everyone thought there was trouble between Bodega and Fischman, the latter would have taken the rap for Bodega’s death. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He rapped loudly on Matthew’s door before entering the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The next time he saw him maybe he would even hang out with him a taste, rap to him about staying away from the roof, getting home early, and other good-doing stuff. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the screen door and rapped with the knocker, but he could tell right away that Mrs. Hurd would not be answering. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Judge Ford rapped for silence with the walnut gavel presented to her by associates on her appointment to a higher court. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached down to Big Henryk and rapped him on the head. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But if I make this rap stuff happen, hopefully she’ll give all that up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Excuse me," he said again, and rapped the glass with his knuckles. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I hear laughing in the background, above rap. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stood there for another second, the cold catching up to his warm body, before he rapped on the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was no sound save the rap of his feet, which seemed to grow to an echoing noise, like the slapping of great hands upon the stones. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Playing the dozens, rapping and rhyming to see who’ll back down first. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a jíbara,” she scolded, rapping her knuckles on my skull, as if to waken the intelligence she said was there. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The last time I’d seen him, he was going to take the rap for his love. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Someone gently rapped against the other side of his bedroom door, and Ekon sat up as it opened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Only reason you rapped like that is ’cause that’s how everybody raps, right? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, the Chancellor rapped his knuckles at the interruption. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I came in sight of my uncle’s house with a heaving chest; I bounded up the steps and rapped on the door. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the rap of her knuckles—how do I know this? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

While rap is often associated with “gangsta life” in the mainstream press, the origins of rap and hip-hop culture are not rooted in outlaw ideology. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And I always knew when it was Needles, because I could hear him in there rapping and talking all kinds of crazy stuff, cussing and whatnot. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

With his head hanging over the table, he ran his fingers along one of the crevices in the wall and started to do a rap tune. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rapped my shin with his four-pronged cane. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He’s still rapping about being such a gangster. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The excellent exterior acoustics recorded his rushing steps and the quick rapping of his cane along the corridor and on the first steps of the marble stairway. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cornflower rapped his paw with a wooden ladle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He climbed into the carriage, closed the door, and rapped at the ceiling with his knuckles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let Aunt Pooh hear some rhymes I wrote, she gets so hype over them that she tells me to rap them for her friends. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he does stuff like this, rapping and beatboxing in the middle of a busy hall just to make me smile, I forget about those looks too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He might have said more, but that was when the maester came, rapping at the cabin door as timid as a mouse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was rapping on the planks as if testing to see if they were hollow. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father rapped his knuckles on top of my head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he sees one, he raps the dash. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I raise my fist and rap the wood gently with my knuckles. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My teammates are high-fiving everyone, yelling taunts, rapping, and even dancing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Raleigh accent is soft and beautifully cadenced, but my brother's is a more complex hybrid, informed by his professional relationships with marble-mouthed, deep-country work crews and his abiding love of hard-core rap music. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The judge rapped for order and asked, “Is the defendant ready to enter a plea to this indictment?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You think Lolo’s taking the rap for something the twins did?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Another rap, a whisper, and a long waiting. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This whole rap persona of yours? I don’t know that person,” Malik says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What kind of rap name is Two Train anyway?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Muhammad raps on the door, yelling, “Fizz to Janna, come in, come in.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t make free to rap on the door. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Kim told me that not only can girls rap, but they can hold their own with the boys. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and Miss Taylor rapped on her desk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack lightly rapped the glass with his knuckles. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They re up there dancing to rap music and throwing their booty back and forth. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sounds like he’s on the mike, rapping. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gray light is leaking through the curtains when the rapping rouses me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The nurse rapped on my door and, without waiting for an answer, breezed in. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I rap at him with my fists, and he sets me down because Ryan’s a nice boy who does what he’s told. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He nods to the beat and raps along. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

How does some music, such as rap, challenge our original notions of speech and music by integrating speech as part of the music? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Dawn comes before sleep does, and there’s Effie rapping on my door. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

All they have is that loud, disgusting rap music. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became a whole new person when I stepped up to that mic—it happens whenever I rap. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She bent down and rapped a knuckle against one of the logs from the ruined cabin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A rap came at the door and a voice spoke in Fjerdan. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s when we finally make it with this rap stuff. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, what Tim had failed to tell me was that he’d told these people he was bringing a famous rapper from America to come and rap in their talent show. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s none of your business why I rapped what I rapped,” I say through my teeth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His musings were ended by a soft rap on his door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The coroner took a quick step back to the table and rapped sharply with his knuckles. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Tupac was singing—well, rapping—some kind of ghetto lullaby to me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That was the one on now—a guy with a lot of rings on his fingers rapping to some pretty girls in bikinis. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The rap music seemed to be hooked up to some sort of Internet-capable playlist and kept going, never repeating, as more and more guests arrived. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I studied the red exposed brick wall of the room and tried to identify the rap music coming from a car passing by. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then she cut herself off from us, tapped her fountain pen, and repeated, “Black folks, in black clothes, rapping revolution.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet woke early, rapping our feet with his walking stick. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp rap at the door, and it opened, the visitor not waiting to be invited in. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a rap on the little back window of the cab. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The relentless pounding continued—not the rapping of knuckles, but the full-fisted heel of a hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I knew the word “hood” from rap songs, and I knew the different townships where black people lived, but I had never used the one to describe the other. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I rap on his door and am relieved when the prince himself opens it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He has worked part-time as a stock clerk, but he is pinning his hopes on his rap music, which his exasperated mother admits is pretty good. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“A sharp rap on the head ought to cure that,” rumbled Father. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We rapped for a while more and Grandma kissed me at the door when I was leaving, but the visit got me in a bad mood. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

How the state police had rapped on the window. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rapped lightly on the door and pushed it open. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rapped on the door with my knuckles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A tap...rap...tap lazily pulled me out of sleep. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s like they’ve been rapping back and forth like this their whole lives and have their own special Bengal Tiger to Lollipop Morse code. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I glance up at Sandy, who’s rapping his knuckles on the desk. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

You are not going to spit weak raps into history, are you? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I rap my knuckles on it and admire the clang. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jacobs raps the end of the marker on the whiteboard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids in my neighborhood do not know their ABCs, but could sing you a rap song word for word. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I cannot emphasize this enough: It was a completely normal rap song, except in Swedish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I heard a sharp rap on the front door, and my heart jumped into my throat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Already I was scribbling down bad rap lyrics and bad poetry. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And, before M. Bouc could reply, he rapped sharply on the door of No. 13. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raps my shoulder blade with his knuckles. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hip- hop beat blared from the stereo, and as I reached to change the radio station, someone started rapping. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hear some boys hollering for pickup basketball; others are rapping on the street corner. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She rapped on the windowpane, hard enough to rattle it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Two: I am listening. I listened enough to hear my child rapping like a thug!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They don’t spank us or rap us on the knuckles with rulers or wash our mouths out with soap, all of that stuff you read about in old-fashioned books. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He knocked anyway, but he could hardly hear the rap of his own knuckles. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were sounds of protest and Brother Jack, his face red, rapped for order. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what rap music was, so I did my best to explain it to him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His fingers rapped against the wooden top of the podium. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

On the morning that we left for Mattru Jong, we loaded our backpacks with notebooks of lyrics we were working on and stuffed our pockets with cassettes of rap albums. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Elodin rapped on the thick timber door with a knuckle, and the man scrambled to unlock it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sternly asked, “Why did you get me this Walkman and cassette if we are not friends? And how did you know that I like rap music?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nel twisted the knob and rapped a little on the door at the same time, then listened a moment before she opened it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were diffident raps on the factory window. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rap on the box and point to the giant ÁguaViva logo on the side. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The party across the way was still going strong and a faint but boisterous rap song throbbed obtrusively in the distance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sudden rain rapped the high warehouse roof. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached the building and rapped softly upon a stout door. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the exact opposite of what she told me in the car when she said I couldn’t rap anymore. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I walk by them every time I go to 3833: Dude #1: You rapping today? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew must have been awake and waiting, for before the rapping ceased they heard the bolt slide back. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He raps the tip of his cane against the floor for attention, then leads his dozen charges across the gardens to the galleries. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, give me a break, Fisher! Do you want to take the rap for something that you didn’t do?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason was standing outside the window, rapping on the frame. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And when they call him my dad and not Lawless, the underground rap legend, it’s like they’re reminding me that I’m his and he’s mine. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then he offered to warn me by rapping on the window if anyone approached. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Father and Margot that’s not difficult, but it is with Mother, which is why I’m glad she gives me an occasional rap on the knuckles. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was sort of a rap poem, and I thought it was pretty good. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy says my dad had two jobs at sixteen and still pursued rapping. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was a poet who wrote raps in his spare time. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He bounced up and down trying to make the bus shake, rapped a snippet of the song “Started from the Bottom” by Drake, screeched random words like “Chinchilla!” and “Obituary!” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then it came to me, and I rapped my knuckles on top of the largest suitcase. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jillson shouted, rapping again with such force that the girls’ window rattled in its frame. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Julia says in a rapping, singsong voice, “Today you took an L, but tomorrow you bounce back.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed that it was a very fair sentence, and the judge continued: “There will also be a small additional penalty of six million years in prison. Case closed,” he pronounced, rapping his gavel again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bless me, what’s all this?” cried the old lady with a rap of her cane as she glanced from the pale young gentleman to the scarlet young lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply supplied the texts, aided with the translations, and rapped my hand when I failed at declension or agreement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I nod to the beat and rap along under my breath. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They tried rapping on the twelfth rectangle and then on the ones around it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the fourth cab that she bent down and rapped against the window. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to rap with him, though, especially when he tells me stuff he did as a kid. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My buddy Taylor, who is slightly more observant than the others, notices my absence, and raps me gently on the arm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You know,” the guy continued, “just about every poem we received was one of those dreadful rap poems. But yours was so simple, so dignified, and so American. And yet, it sounded almost.. . British.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

While Lorena fiddles with her phone and begins playing her horribly sexist rap songs, I walk over to the altar her mom has set up in the corner of the living room. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In bygone days, you might have had your knuckles rapped for saying “It’s me” instead of “It is I.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure there’s some explanation. Prizes, probably. Best dancer, best rap, most outrageous outfit—that kind of thing.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She rapped on the window and motioned me in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On September 8, 1922, General Hajienestis, in his cabin, sits up in bed, rubs first his right leg and then his left, raps his knuckles against them, and stands up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve got his dimples, his smile, his temper, his stubbornness, his rap skills. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He raps sharply and then stands, tapping his foot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ironic that a gun made me forget that someone hates that I rapped about guns. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Pausing at the door I heard him clear his throat, then rap softly upon the panel with his fist. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gangsta rap—while it may amount to little more than a minstrel show when it appears on MTV today—has its roots in the struggle for a positive identity among outcasts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the very meridian of the night’s enjoyment, about an hour after tea, a rap was heard at the door. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Amari’s voice sounded off—too slow for rapping but too strange to be anything else. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I would stand in front of my bathroom mirror with my headphones on my ears and a brush in my hand like it was a mic, as I rapped along with Nicki Minaj. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yeah, that's it, rap sheets, which is such a dumb name because it makes me think of rap music, like maybe a rap sheet is what rappers write their rhymes down on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sen asked when he appeared, rapping on the hood of the car with his knuckles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Englishman got up on the stage, and he rapped on the arm of a throne with a swagger stick, called, “Lads, lads, lads—can I have your attention, please?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith waited a couple of minutes, then rapped his baton on a gate and shouted, “Lock in!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the worst rap song in the history of the world.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always heard that my dad got caught up in the streets because he rapped about the streets. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then there’s the slam of a truck door outside, footsteps on the ground, footsteps on the porch, and a rap, rap, rap at the back door. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is as deep as Granddaddy’s, a bit raspy at times, and as hard as the stuff he raps about. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The other soldier nods, then raps on the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a Sunday Mr. Spizz stopped by the house and rapped his chunky monkey knuckles crazily on the front door at about seven o’clock in the morning. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A man stepped menacingly from the corner brandishing a long pole, and Kit winced as two sharp raps descended on each luckless head. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I heard another noise, more like a rap, then another—a knock, then two, three, four more. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Like, if it was a bottle on the sidewalk, he would rap about it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Not like a rap song but something else. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to Mobimbi, a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same American company as my father lived. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He said it was so he could rap to Puerto Rican and Dominican girls, but I knew it was 'cause he loved listening to Mama speak it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a moment and then I knocked, three short raps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I’m going to be busy writing me a rap about dudes beatin’ on women. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started tapping a rap rhythm on the dumpster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Drop a beat, Colonel Catastrophe,” Takumi said, and I laughed at the idea that a guy as short and dorky as the Colonel could have a rap name. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sentences starting with there get a bad rap in many grammar guides. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melissa changes the classical stuff and moves straight to rap. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pip’s rap,” I heard her say, immediately; “come in, Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the guys were inside waiting to make their calls or playing cards or watching rap videos on BET. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I step inside and glance around at the wrinkled rap posters hanging alongside his framed photographs of Stephen Hawking and Martin Luther King. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But what is Father’s friend saying to make you look like a peony? There’s mischief going on, and I insist upon knowing what it is,” with another rap. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something passed her, all dressed in white, and vanished”—“A great black dog behind him”—“Three loud raps on the chamber door”—“A light in the churchyard just over his grave,” &c., &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I swore under my breath and rapped on the trapdoor until the coachman lifted it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I wake up the next morning, my headphones hang lopsided off my head as my dad raps in them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, and my heart raps against my chest as I wait for her to say something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The radio went from news, to jazz, to rap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As I was about to say more, from behind me came the harsh rap of a cane striking the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She lives on cigarettes and black coffee, swearing like a rap star and calculating spreadsheets in her head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s spitting the rap right into it, not missing a beat, an inflection, a single word. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got some stuff going on with this rap thing,” I say. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They worked with military efficiency as the hare rapped out orders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Because I already have a bad rap and I want her to know that I’m really trying to do everything I can to not be like that. I’ma graduate. And I’ma make her happy.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She rapped the door with her knuckles and listened again. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nothing but black folks in black clothes rapping revoludon and a line of hungry black kids.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rapped its head with his knife handle and tossed it beneath the shelter. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight floors below, I hear the mix of salsa and rap over the scatter of nighttime voices and the movement of people out causing mischief on Halloween night. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The man lifted his corner of the tar­paulin cover and rapped on the driver’s window, asked him to stop. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He made a rapping on the table with one hand, looking at the buttery door, and with the other poured out another bumper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew Bodega would do anything for her, even take the rap for killing her husband. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The predictable response is: What about gangsta rap and the culture of violence that has been embraced by so many black youth? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I was being undressed, the rap cassettes fell out of my pockets and the man who undressed me picked them up and handed them to the chief. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I saw Annie that afternoon, we went over to the old backboard and I rapped it to her. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell the truth, he’s the first white boy I’ve ever seen run like that,” Boobie said in his singsong cadence that sounded like the ruminations of a rap song. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I may put it on my future resume as a skill, alongside rapping and laying edges. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp rap on the door, and Harry jumped as Hermione’s voice rang out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s as if we were to spell the words “rap,” “lap,” “lab,” and “laugh” identically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she taught it to us, she said we needed to learn other styles of music outside of rap. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I ripped up the front steps, raised a fist and rapped on the door, shining under a fresh coat of ruby red paint. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But it’s basically impossible to concentrate on the words in your book when somebody raps as bad as Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is possible that historians will one day look back on the images of black men in gangsta rap videos with a similar curiosity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They climb an echoing stairwell, rap on a door; an old woman invites them in, asks for news, insists all three of them drink a thimbleful of sherry. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The loud rapping awoke the farmer, who was alarmed at being wakened in the middle of the night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at Mong, who was staring at the rap video, smiling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But there was hardly ever any food to eat, and Uncle Claude yelled at Hugo, rapped his knuckles when he made mistakes, and forced him to sleep on the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Gun-man raps on the cab roof with his rifle stock, and I am so surprised, I scream, “You go hurt him, bro’!” And then I know that gun-man aimed to hurt him, kill him maybe. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the ride the driver said nothing else, but Ignatius practiced his speech loudly in the backseat, rapping his cutlass against the front seat to emphasize certain key points. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam snapped the fan shut and rapped it against the edge of the table, startling us all. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, and I was sorry I said it because I didn’t want him to know I didn’t dig his rap. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I rap, but most times I just throw punches at nothing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The room was quiet except for the occasional rap of a chess piece slammed to the board in anger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At times the role of the voice is akin to the modern technique of rapping. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They circled the entire house, Mutto rapping on every window and door he could reach. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

One of them had to do with the upcoming inmate Jaycee rap contest. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, said a prayer, and rapped on the glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine her knuckles raised, ready to rap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not so much as a petty vandalism rap against my name. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She leaves her desk, raps on the door behind her, and disappears inside. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She walked like a soldier—straight back, her feet, in tight black leather shoes, rapping against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She rapped us all on the tops of our heads, one, two, three, and said, “Look at my young’ns,” as if there were an army of us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She rapped again, louder, mindless of who might see her under the gray beech tree just around the corner from home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not turn to look when Jalil’s palms pressed on the glass, when his knuckles rapped and rapped on it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The whole room felt as stiff as he looked, until a rap at the door shook things up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The “Amen” was barely out of our mouths when Ma Charles rapped on the table and said, “Well?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Judge Carlson reached for his gavel but both Burton and Devlin were gone from the courtroom before it rapped on the desk. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t into my second rap on the door when it opened. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I mounted the steps; and Trefusis having shut the door behind us and rapped upon it, we set out. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Matthias rapped out a curt command, “Leave us, mice. Go back to your duties on the wall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Then stay and take the rap,” he said. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think it was a concert the way people react, rapping along and jumping to the beat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His fingers curl, clawlike, as his knuckle raps one word and another. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muhammad raps on the window and makes a leaving motion. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I heard a spoon rapping against china as Dad stirred in his sugar. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I’m digging my old rap poems out of my dresser drawer and bringing them to school. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thoughtfully called his company Silly P's Hardwood Floors, Silly P being the name he would have chosen were he a rap star. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was a single breath of stillness before a soldier in a black rain poncho rapped on the bus door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a fairly regular rap song, except the words were in Swedish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The next time he missed, and the next, but finally the rap of the stone stung his palms and rattled his wrists. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Hagrid raised his pink umbrella and rapped a certain brick in the wall, which opened at once to form an archway onto a winding cobbled street. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He’s rapping along with the Sugarhill Gang while his homeboys break-dance on pieces of cardboard. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I see everything from step routines to praise dancing to rapping and singing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I rap along as he talks about all the hell his mom went through. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Bimp raps her pointer stick so hard, she practically breaks it before people settle down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mrs. Fields's wrinkled knuckles rapped on the heavy glass window of the classroom door. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She walked up to the shack and rapped on the door and didn’t wait for it to be opened—she just barged in. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Just as I had climbed up again to look, a sharp rapping came on the windowpane behind me; I turned my head and saw the landlady from next door looking at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Countering this rap, the Manhattan School of Music announced that in fall 2016 it would begin to offer a degree program in musical theater. Manhattan School of Music to Offer Musical Theater Degree 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

“Politicians never did s— for me except lie to me, distort history,” he rapped. After Cuba anniversary trip, Jay-Z and Beyonce cleared of potential U.S. sanction violations 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

Just throw on some music — some loud punk or rap music always keeps me energized — and get to cleaning like it's your job. Restaurant-approved tips for a spotless kitchen every night 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z

Typically buffeted by a thick, viscous low-end, it filled the room here, often obscuring his rapping, which used to be lethargic and spacey, but is now pugnacious and bumpy. Yung Lean in New York: A Rapper Evolves 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

“I just play some three-chord tunes and do a rap, and I get invited to the Montreal Jazz Festival.” Jazz Breaks Out All Over at the Montreal Jazz Festival 2010-07-01T17:45:00Z

Her voice travels easily and widely; she can make a pop melody lilt, she can rap with casual precision, and she can brandish fury and sorrow. Neneh Cherry at the Highline Ballroom 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

As well as making music, Akala runs the Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, taking Bard-inspired rap around schools; he says the opportunity to depict a nuanced range of black and ethnic minority characters is hugely important. 10by10: Britain like you've never seen it on screen 2012-08-29T09:14:00Z

The songs — a miscellany of pop, rap, oldies, newbies — are about as hard-core as a squeeze toy. Don’t Call Him Machine Gun Kelly 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

“Right at the beginning of the rap craze. My timing was horrible.” The Many Sides to Dan Brown 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

They come to the Trap because they know one good performance there can mean a chance to become a part of battle rap’s next generation of elites. The Fierce, Flourishing World of Battle Rap 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Dre’s story is more fascinating, incorporating as it must the emergence of a subgenre — gangsta rap — within the larger creation story of rap and hip-hop in the 1980s. Review | HBO’s ‘The Defiant Ones’ is a lesson in keeping an open mind — and open ears 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

Grand Groove: new monthly night by Seattle's rap vanguard, and new tracks by Chocolate Chuck Eight Seattle stars are hosting a new monthly night at Capitol Club: "Grand Groove," starting Wednesday, August 17. Grand Groove: new monthly night by Seattle's rap vanguard, and new tracks by Chocolate Chuck 2011-08-01T16:46:15Z

I like a lot of rap music, that way of working – the layering, starting with the rhythm, almost spoken-word. Kim Gordon: ‘I'm not a badass, whatever that means’ 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

The theatrical performer then started singing, she said, which she called "boring," so she learned to rap "because that's what the dudes were doing." Nicki Minaj, Jimmy Fallon swap awkward yearbook photos 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

I like the rap/R&B influence on "Butts." Music Monday: Butts, Michael Dean, Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-15T20:09:00Z

When he wasn’t rapping his verses, he was rapping along to everyone else’s, gleefully. ArtsBeat: Earl Sweatshirt Returns With Odd Future at the Hammerstein Ballroom 2012-03-21T09:30:35Z

As Yang recounts his experience moving from Hong Kong to California, he jokes about learning English from rap music, dating women who were taller than him and disappointing his father by not becoming a scientist. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Spaceship Earth’ and ‘Valley Girl’ 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

The season begins with him finding out that one of his biggest heroes in the local rap scene died, and for reasons you should see for yourself, few mourned him. Sometimes we can go home again: “Atlanta” comes full circle in its final season, only richer 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

But in the grand scheme of workplace television shows, teachers get a particularly bad rap. Does television have a teacher problem? 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Aspiring female rappers continue rapping and aspiring on the return of the reality series "Sisterhood of Hip Hop." TV This Week June 7 - 13: 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Spoken word encompasses elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater and more. Amanda Gorman’s poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z

So with us it becomes a conversation of what you want from rap. Das Racist: An ongoing experiment in having serious fun 2011-10-13T20:23:00Z

Tempest has a knack for the devastating throwaway line—a skill honed, no doubt, from years of rapping and spoken-word performances. Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Ninjasonik, joined by members of the punk band Death Set, rapped funny, knowing songs to beats built from live drum samples, sometimes with a carnival-music drive. Music Review: M.I.A., Sleigh Bells and the Hard NYC Festival 2010-07-26T01:21:00Z

By rapping about the child separation policy, 21 Savage inserted himself directly into a noxious political climate. 21 Savage’s Still-Bumpy Path to Freedom 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

When the 2008 global financial crisis hit Spain particularly hard — its lingering effects are still felt by the country’s youth — he stopped rapping to work in a fast-food restaurant. A Rapper, Hitting His 30s, Reinvents Himself as a Scion of Spanish Pop 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

But before long Mandalay winds up in jail, taking the rap for Blackie over the theft of some diamond earrings. Review: Camp and Compassion in ‘The Confession of Lily Dare’ 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Last year, Capitol Records apologized and dropped the digital rap avatar FN Meka after critics said the project amounted to a form of blackface. An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

I genuinely enjoyed it — there’s something electronic and poppy about it, but also elements of rap and maybe a little screamo, too. Hunter Schafer’s Week: A New York Whirlwind 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

When God was handing out rap aliases, were you accidentally in the queue for Cluedo characters? One last thing... Professor Green 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Or as mainman Collard raps on a later track, Blackout, "I'm looking so rococo." New band of the day – Last Night In Paris 2013-02-15T08:00:00Z

A top radio programmer for decades, Wynter has come across countless explicit rap tracks and “blue” R&B songs that required nips and tucks before they could be played on-air. Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ Proves Music’s Dirty Secret: Censorship Is Good Business 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

To call someone a Socialist is such a bad rap because of the total victory capitalism won. Karl Taro Greenfeld on the fiction, grim reality in 'The Subprimes' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

The shifts in rapped “content” can be harder to make sense of in real time. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

And his own efforts at an Anglo-French rapprochement in rap will continue, he added. Rappers With African Roots Bridge a Hip-Hop Divide 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

Eighty4Fly and Brainstorm New local rap video of note featuring rappers, airplanes. Video without commentary: "Stars N Beyond" by Logics feat. Eighty4Fly and Brainstorm 2011-02-09T18:51:12Z

Snoop Lion talks to Simon Hattenstone Link to video: Snoop Lion meets the Guardian's Simon Hattenstone Snoop is one of rap's great survivors. Snoop who? 2013-04-06T08:00:00Z

The rap against Rushdie’s fiction is that it’s become increasingly “magical,” wonder-filled and windy, as if he were typing in turquoise and burnt sienna. In ‘Languages of Truth,’ Salman Rushdie Defends the Extraordinary 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

“I just rap about my life — all my songs are basically about me,” he told Rolling Stone. Review | Lil Baby’s inside voice is the sound of a restless American summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

What started as him seeking attention turned into the advertising firm Goodby Silverstein & Partners shooting a music video for the snack brand that looked like the ones made by his rap idols. Vulgar, awkward and heartfelt: How Lil Dicky made ‘Dave’ a pandemic-era hit 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

He was featured in the two landmarks of hip-hop cinema, Henry Chalfant's graffiti doc, Style Wars and Charlie Ahearn's Wild Style, toting a shotgun as he rapped on stage in the latter. Remembering Rammellzee, a hip-hop pioneer 2010-07-01T15:52:00Z

His rap musical about the country’s first treasury secretary is minting money, and that’s not going to stop just because Miranda and other key members of the original cast departed this month. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

He hated the work at the time — his real passions were rap music and basketball — but discovered his own love of creative writing in a high school short-fiction class. Shaka King Goes to Hollywood 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Can't wait to see the effect of the Scottish rap trio on this rural idyll when they appear at night by the banks of the lake. What I'm looking out for at Latitude 2013-07-18T14:52:47Z

This album’s emotional anchor is “Thursday in the Danger Room,” in which both men rap about grappling with death. Run the Jewels, Still Insisting on Old Hip-Hop Values 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Instead of separate prizes for solo rap and rap group performances, hip-hoppers now compete for best rap performance. And the Grammy for best Hawaiian album goes to ... nobody 2011-04-07T09:38:06Z

The Lazarus phase of Macklemore's rap career also involved an apprenticeship under the wing of Blue Scholars, Seattle peers who'd turned hip-hop into a career that went beyond paying rent on an apartment. Seattle rapper Macklemore ready to take a shot at pop stardom 2011-02-10T05:20:43Z

For a reason that bears only passing logic, another plant entirely has taken the rap for the ragweed, to wit, the goldenrod. This valuable plant looks like ragweed, but allergy sufferers can breathe easy 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

He raps about his insecurities, his youth and the burden of being famous and talented. Kendrick Lamar’s Damn Tour comes to the Tacoma Dome 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Last year, The Metropolis Opera Project produced "Bully Pulpit," an "opera electronica" that ventured into rap and hip-hop featuring Bush, Nixon and Andrew Jackson as characters. Folk opera based on Bill Clinton to open in New York 2011-06-18T12:33:42Z

"When I grew up there was loads of rap about – there was a proper underground – but now, really, there's isn't anything about to be inspired by." Devlin: 'You've got to be hard on yourself. It's all or nothing' 2013-02-03T00:05:05Z

Last week, Drake unveiled a new single, Enough Said, incorporating his own raps and an unreleased vocal by Aaliyah, who died in 2001. Timbaland and Missy Elliott deny any role in posthumous Aaliyah album 2012-08-14T12:36:12Z

"He's a very serious man, and it was an awesomely awkward rap session," he laughs. Making movie music for the Muppets 2012-02-10T01:23:07Z

It was posted on the Web site of DJ Premier, who with Guru made up the rap duo Gang Starr. Rapper Guru dies at 43 after battle with cancer 2010-04-20T18:48:00Z

Growing up in LA's Echo Park, the reader learned, Shia was "nearly the only white kid for miles", but blended in because of his self-confessed skills at freestyle rapping and breakdancing. Miley Cyrus has bared her breasts, hoping to break free of Disney 2013-05-02T17:47:50Z

When they get to Australia, one hopes that the Qs' quirky raps and rhymes might remind Aussies that there's a lot more to the Chicago soundtrack than rat-a-ta-tat. Theater: Shakespeare gets all funked up 2011-01-27T17:55:00Z

Migos, “Culture” This Atlanta trio raps in mesmerizing staccato triplets, blasting new life into an old idea that’s been attributed to Mozart, Debussy and Miles: Music is the space between the words. Perspective | Best music of 2017: Cardi B paints the world ‘Bodak Yellow’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Just as the Beatles and the Stones channeled American R & B, Russell said he felt that Maya would rework the sounds of rap music from the States. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z

“The best rapper in our country is rapping over these beautiful melodies, these beautiful pieces of music.” How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

Do diss tracks still have a place in rap in 2015? Ice Cube on Ghostwriting, Diss Tracks and 'Straight Outta Compton' 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

But after a while I began to feel uncomfortable, because his rap always went like, "I gots plenty of soul up in me sista, watch me work!" Sorry, but forced apologies are the worst. Why can't we quit this insincere ritual? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

The future Oscar nominee’s first official sale was “Rock the House,” a rap written for a 1991 Chipmunks album. ‘Everything Is Awesome’ for Shawn Patterson, the most unlikely of best original song Oscar nominees 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

He rapped for more than a decade with little to no acclaim. Critic’s Notebook: 2 Chainz Is Hip-Hop’s Rising Star 2012-08-15T22:26:48Z

It’s because they know their fans think rap music is cool. Country-music fans get what they want. Even if what they want is Motley Crue

A Busta Rhymes guest rap apart, this version was almost identical, but it reached number one in the UK and number two in the US. Ten hits you may not know were covers 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

He brought of dose of seriousness to the 2015 BET Awards, rapping on top of a police car with a large American flag waving behind him. Commercial and critical darling Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

And American’s rap sheet will look familiar by now. Do airlines always give out accurate compensation information? DOT fines say no. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

I was so surprised when I realized that “music” meant a D.J. who was Spanish and had a fondness for ’90s rap and R&B. Madrid for Kids? Try D.I.Y. Spanish Immersion 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

That led to an album that doesn't connect all the usual dots — a techno-infused chorus here, a rap star turn there. Taking chances to 'Dream' 2012-11-21T18:53:44Z

After that talk, Tyson decided Shakur's raps would be his intro music for life. Tyson talks friendship with Tupac _ and his regret 2010-09-07T17:29:00Z

Still, Thompson clearly didn’t play all his new cards on the album, debuting an unreleased party rap number called “Registration,” bouncing with ’70s funk. New Day In Day Out festival opens like a bizarro Capitol Hill Block Party, weathering COVID cancellations 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Now the song by local rap duo Blue Scholars has a music video featuring producer Sabzi on a food tour of Seattle. Video: 'Slick Watts' by Blue Scholars feat. Seattle food 2012-08-15T21:05:05Z

Episode 9, meanwhile, is also sung, but it’s an extended spoof of a rap video. Forget Twitter. I’d Rather Binge Theater. 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

He also served as a template for later generations of male singers who gained notice primarily as collaborators on rap songs — Akon, T-Pain and Bruno Mars, among others — though none had his stoic force. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop Collaborator, Dies at 41 2011-03-17T04:31:55Z

Rakim raps over the dining room, and after 10 p.m. a DJ takes over. Where to go for dining and drinks in Portland? It’s rocking across the Willamette 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

It slows the bouncy energy of “trap rap” to a deliberate crawl, on which the singer offers edgy, real-life assessments. Elle Varner shines despite technical difficulties at the Howard Theatre

The rapping on “Casa Bey,” “Mathematics” and “Hip Hop” brought fluidity to the staccato. For Yasiin Bey, Once Known as Mos Def, a Comeback With the Finish Line in Mind 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Other peers like Megan Thee Stallion or Doja Cat have followed suit, putting a feminine spin on the heavily sexual subject matter included in rap music. While sexual attitudes change, society's objectification of famous young women remains 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

As those men get older, their predisposition to rap fades — save Hamilton, who can summon that young-man’s vigor when provoked, like an old dog who will still rear up when poked.  The emotional hooks of 'Hamilton': Why the soundtrack makes me cry every single time 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

When he raps like this, with a stream of boastfulness, it’s often an ego-clearing amuse bouche for a more ambitious release to follow. Drake Clears His Throat With DJ Khaled, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Wiz Khalifa's a fixture on mainstream rap radio these days with "Black and Yellow," a tough yet sing-song anthem with a chorus nodding to the colors of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. Concert preview: Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf at Showbox SoDo 10/15/10 2010-10-14T20:13:00Z

If you want to see where a rap career starts, start here. Washingtonians, please don’t let ‘Hamilton’ be your hip-hop crash course 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

On “Idk Why,” he raps, “Mama thanked me for her purse/And looked me in my face and then she started crying.” Gunna Delivers Soothing Songs About the Fast Life on ‘Drip or Drown 2’ 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

With that in mind, is it safe to let them rap? One last thing... Salt-N-Pepa 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

He tells me unprompted not to be worried about my safety, that the residents of Gary get a bad rap but that they are hard-working, polite and smart, despite what the town might look like. When factory jobs left Gary, Indiana: whites left, 'but we blacks didn't have a choice' 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Publicity has spiked since he won the rap battle days before, and now the business and artistic preparation for Cookie’s Cookout show rests on his lithe shoulders. Empire recap: season two, episode nine – Sinned Against 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

But before that payoff, there is a tsunami of dancing, rap posturing, video, violence, sex and a set that looks like a forgotten, subterranean, graffiti-covered skateboard park. 'Bed Snake' at WET: Where hell looks like a Pizza Hut 2012-05-24T20:27:09Z

Their ad hoc campaign, conducted mostly online, has managed to shift the focus from Dr. Dre’s accomplishments to his less pristine past in the often lawless early years of gangster rap. Dr. Dre Apologizes to the ‘Women I’ve Hurt’ 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

The commissioner says he’s concerned about those who glamorize violence and use it as a means of attaining “street cred” — but this isn’t everyone involved in rap and hip hop. The Latest: Bratton says comments not about all in hip hop 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

It’s a sign not just of loosening attitudes but of rap’s newfound place at the core of the pop mainstream. Pardison Fontaine and the Plight of the Ghostwriter 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Still, by the end of the episode, Ms. Handler was standing on the set’s revolving table, rapping in front of Pitbull. Review: ‘Chelsea’ on Netflix Seems Just Like the Talk Shows It Says It Isn’t 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

"Glee", the Emmy-winning Fox show about a group of misfit high school students in a choir, produces five or six cover versions per episode of pop, Broadway, rap and jazz songs. "Glee" cast surpasses Elvis on U.S. singles chart 2011-02-16T22:02:51Z

“The stuff I rap about is the stuff I’m thinking about,” Babeo says. How to make friends (with Drake) and influence people — Meet Babeo Baggins of Barf Troop 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

“He’s still in his infant stages of even rapping.” Behind Hip-Hop’s Bidding Wars 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Lyrically, she might only be blending yoga poetry with yesteryear’s rap slang, but set the mixture to music and it generates a waterfall of genuine feeling. Perspective | Lizzo is everything. Is that enough? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Puff Daddy learning to rap in public! — feels like 10 lifetimes ago, but therein lay almost all the blueprints for what came next: melody’s full absorption into hip-hop, followed by hip-hop’s full absorption into pop. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Denial is usually one of the few things not burdening Mr. Brandon’s characters, who tend to recognize, and sometimes embrace, their limitations, disappointments and rap sheets. Books of The Times: ‘A Million Heavens’ by John Brandon, Set in New Mexico 2012-07-17T21:16:28Z

The former rap music mogul is charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run incident outside a fast food restaurant. 'Suge' Knight to stay behind bars 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

But if he was only a guy who sat at microphones at radio stations and rapped intensely over other people’s beats — like here, here or here — that would be a fine career, too. What to Do This Weekend 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

And “I Get Lifted” was produced by the Los Angeles veteran Warren G, who, like his hosts, remembers how weed rap used to sound — inhaling doesn’t damage every memory. New Music: Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa?s Collaborative Album ? Review 2011-12-12T23:45:22Z

He was raised in Brooklyn during the dawning age of rap, which back then still felt like a secret. Review | Talib Kweli’s ‘Vibrate Higher’ is a plain-spoken striver’s tale 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

But that’s consistent with how Mr. West and Jay-Z approached the making of this album, large chunks of which were actually recorded in hotels, which are then often rapped about. Arts & Leisure: Two Titans Share The Seat of Power 2011-08-09T19:00:08Z

The six actors onstage all exude a lively passion for the material that turns them into singing, dancing, rapping space heaters. Theater Review: ‘Emotional Creature,’ From Signature Theater 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z

Ever since the dogs took the prize in last October’s New Yorker Festival debate “Cats vs. Dogs,” adjudicated by the nonpartisan judge David Remnick, I’ve been wondering why cats get such a bad rap. This Week in Cultural Clicks: Sushi Cats, Post-Internet Poetry, and More 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The Sub Pop logo wears as well on album sleeves from slow-brooding Minnesota rockers Low as it does with off-center L.A. rap crew Clipping. Sub Pop at 30: How a Seattle record label’s storied past prepared it for the future 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

"It's like horror or, back when it was somewhat new, rap," Whedon replies. Joss Whedon: 'I kept telling my mum reading comics would pay off' 2013-06-02T05:00:01Z

Instead, he seemed most excited about rapping — not his strong suit, content-wise, but at least he was clearly understandable — and also swearing and women. Bumershoot 2010 day three notable act: Drake 2010-09-07T17:56:00Z

More broadly, skilled white rap stars aren’t as novel as they were in the Eminem era, which automatically dims the spotlight on Harlow slightly. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

My mom was into all kinds of stuff from folk music to rap to soul, so she took us to some cool concerts. J.Cole: "I Don't Want 'Beat Yeezus' On My Tombstone" 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Other nominees for record of the year included the rap hit "Nothin' On You" by newcomer B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' anthem for New York, "Empire State of Mind." Eminem tops Grammys list; Seattle acts also score nominations 2010-12-02T06:24:00Z

Robert Diaz, the rapper who went by Pumpkinhead and was a frequent presence at rap competitions in New York City’s underground hip-hop scene, died Tuesday morning at age 39. New York Rapper Pumpkinhead Dies at Age 39 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

On “Enchuletiao,” Yankee doesn’t rap, he barks a flood of bars about his unrivaled eminence in the genre, delivered through gritted teeth. Daddy Yankee, Reggaeton’s First Global Star, Steps Aside 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

In a search like this, it’s hard not to run into street posters on rap events. On Java, a Creative Explosion in an Ancient City 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

The rap star Future and the rising R&B singer Khalid also have their names in big print. 15 Pop Music Festivals to Catch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately for her, Pitbull raps like a man unburdened by the real meanings of things. Big Black Delta, Bo Bruce, The Staves: this week's new tracks 2013-04-26T12:00:00Z

Across 10 easy-breezy tracks, this Upper Marlboro native raps in sighs and whispers so cool you can practically feel the temperature drop with each subsequent rhyme. Perspective | The best DMV rap songs and albums of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Another week, another reason to exult over the rise of Cardi B. On this remix of Bruno Mars’s “Finesse,” she raps with a turn-of-the-1990s cadence to go with the stinging New Jack Swing production. The Playlist: Justin Timberlake Stays Funky (for Now), and 9 More New Songs 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Like the universe itself, rap albums are expanding, only instead of a Big Bang, God appeared over the Bronx in A.D. Review | Playboi Carti and BlocBoy JB make great rap music. Will you make time to listen? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Celebrity late show appearances are the best when you learn something new about the individual in question, like a few months back, when we learned that Daniel Radcliffe is basically a rap god. From the Emma Stone lip-sync to “House of Cue Cards”: The year in Jimmy Fallon 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

It is an age of true flourishing for women in rap. Doja Cat Looks to the Past to Make Her Own Moment on ‘Scarlet’ 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z

Music associated with people of color, like rap, is still dismissed as obscene, while country music songs are often derided as all sounding alike. Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

Elements of “Green Book” reminded me of “Sorry,” actually, specifically the scenes in which Lakeith Stanfield’s Cash is forced to rap at a tech billionaire’s party even though he insists that he cannot. Hollywood still loves a white savior: "Green Book" and the lazy, feel-good take on race 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

A spokesperson for Ramaswamy's campaign said in a statement to NBC News that "to the American people's chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady." Eminem tells Vivek Ramaswamy he's not the real Slim Shady – stop rapping "Lose Yourself" 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z

I guess the problem is that Carson isn’t someone we think of as going home and firing up Public Enemy after work – he doesn’t seem to be a natural rap listener. Who is Ben Carson trying to fool with his bizarre, insincere rap ad?: “He’s a more refined version of Sarah Palin” 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

He insists those losses, including the one for best rap album to Macklemore, didn’t stick with him. Kendrick Lamar, on a Year of Knowing What Matters 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

“I think we sometimes get this bad rap for living in a bubble,” he said. Scene City: A Fashion Event Is Cleared for Takeoff 2011-03-30T23:04:07Z

By the 1990s, when many of these photographs were taken, rap’s young stars were as meticulous about developing their visual images as much as their musical ones. The Year in Yesteryear: Standout Music Books and Boxed Sets 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Directed with a feathery touch by Derek Goldman at Theater J, each of the brisk 90-minute show’s four actors is funny and surprisingly touching, whether rapping as they wrap tefillin or brooding as friendships shift. Review | The new comedy ‘Trayf’ at Theater J is Zalmy and Shmuel’s excellent adventure 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Prodigy kiln-fired rap music into a thing of unhurried attitude and stoic elegance. Prodigy, Rapper Who Helped Forge the Sound of New York Hip-Hop, Dies at 42 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Then on “4:30 a.m.,” a menacing tune from last summer’s “Stranger Than Fiction” mix tape, Gates jolted violently, swiping at the microphone stand like one of those back-stabbing friends he often raps about. Kevin Gates gives first D.C.-area performance at the Fillmore Silver Spring

Still, much of the movie is distinctly personal, such as the use of rap to bolster the narrative and, of course, the astronaut. Kicks: sneaker violence gets its own movie 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Though Fivio had been an avid experimenter with various styles throughout his decade-plus of rapping in public, it was as if he unlocked a new level. Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The music ranges from Middle Eastern-inflected pop to Iraqi rap to tunes from the Balkans and Spain. Refugees in Calais ‘Jungle’ Record an Album 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

I have always been a fan of Lauryn Hill – from the first time I heard her rap alongside the Fugees, to when she starred in "Sister Act 2." The lessons Lauryn Hill taught me 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z

He emerged from the West Coast on the gangster rap scene, with music produced by Dr. Dre and released on Suge Knight’s Death Row Records. Snoop Dogg to join Def Jam label as strategic consultant 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

Last year, Isaiah Rashad rapped with disdain about the Xanax addiction that nearly cost him his career: “Pop a Xan, baby. . . . Only pop it ’cause you heard it in a song.” Soft, smooth and steady: How Xanax turned American music into pill-pop 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

A chartered private jet ride later, as Fivio added similarly flavored lyrics to West’s song-in-progress, “Off the Grid,” he would stop to show his new mentor eight bars of rapping at a time. Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

For the first time in two decades, he and a few surviving members of the hip-hop group N.W.A will reunite to perform some of the records that put gangsta rap on the map. A guide to BET Experience shows that are worth catching 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Pongo’s songs are a punchy, self-assured take on the musical style known as kuduro, blending frenetic African rhythms with blaring techno beats and rapping. Pongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

“Backyard Groove” doesn’t include any rapping, but it’s one of the tracks on the album that find Mr. Garrett and his band in bright, slashing form, working a terse melodic line over a head-bobbing groove. The Playlist: Jay Z Responds to Police Shootings With ‘Spiritual’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

“Fake wife, fake life, no talent at all,” he rapped. Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

When we get to New York, we were running around the city cause all we knew was rap music, right? Jason Reynolds on wanting writer role models: “Judy Bloom never came and hollered at us" 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z

The longest month in rap history was already shimmering with possibility around Day 6 when Cardi B dropped a radioactive debut album overflowing with wild words. Perspective | Congratulations, you just survived the longest month in rap history 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

So when he saw on Newsround that they were making a film, he sent off a video of himself dressed up as his female drama teacher performing a rap. Rupert Grint 2010-06-18T23:03:00Z

Tupac Shakur, who spent time in Oakland, rapped about police brutality after being beaten in a confrontation with local officers, and won his suit against the city. Rappers take to mic in Oakland Occupy protest 2011-11-07T18:14:15Z

In case you missed it, "Rap Sh!t" is about an unconventional trio that fate forced into the hottest rap duo in Miami and maybe the country if they can maintain focus. "Rap Sh!t" blows up the practice of artists being exploited on their way up (or out) 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

There’s a traveling symphony, but then also there’s that incredible moment in episode seven where the Frank character breaks into a rap song. Finding Joy Through Art at the End of the World in ‘Station Eleven’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

“Because that’s the one thing that rap has always done for me,” Mike continues. Run the Jewels return, right on time 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

A stretch of road near Memphis International Airport, Dunn Avenue, now has a sign bearing the rap artist’s real name, Adolph Thornton Jr. Span of Memphis street renamed for slain rapper Young Dolph 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Given the enormous enthusiasm with which GOP candidates have embraced rap, Obama’s list may have less hip hop than, say, Marco Rubio’s equivalent might have. Decoding Obama’s playlist: Inside his summer jams, a hint of what we’ll miss most about him 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

He falls asleep at night listening to George Noory on “Coast to Coast AM” rapping with the paranoid faithful about lucid dreams, conspiracies, immortality. He Won’t Stop Taking Pictures Until He’s Partying on the Other Side 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z

A few blocks away, on Second Avenue, there’s a local rap bill with big-venue aptitude going down at the Crocodile’s back bar. Rap is busting out all over Seattle Sunday 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

I tried to be open minded and think outside of rapping. Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

There are two British rap rekkids in this week's pile, a small victory in itself. This week's new singles 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z

Those albums broke new ground with an eclectic, freewheeling sampling style that the group developed with its producer, Prince Paul, and an unapologetically nerdy approach to rapping. De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Back. It’s a Bittersweet Victory. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

“I’m pleased that people are enjoying the rap,” he said. How Louis Theroux Became a ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ Sensation at Age 52 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

He made a special rap for Tyson's big night. Tyson talks friendship with Tupac _ and his regret 2010-09-07T17:29:00Z

But it was his small-screen appearance that made his friends and family realize this whole rap thing isn’t “just a hobby anymore.” Seattle rapper Dave B, riding wave of momentum, to play Neptune 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Perhaps it just fits better in the UK than back home: the rise of Dizzee Rascal et al has made commercial rap with a house music twist a dominant force in the charts. Kid Sister: Ultraviolet 2010-04-29T14:30:00Z

Iggy Azalea is the outlier: a white female Australian who speaks and raps in a ridiculous ghetto patois and is responsible for the biggest hit of the bunch, her "Fancy." Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Cole, not Drake, was the one who dropped the song's controversial lyric: "I'm artistic," he rapped. Drake joins J Cole in autism apology 2013-07-24T10:02:59Z

And he was right: the rap ecosystem is teeming with talent. “Old Town Road” and the Overdue Death of Genre 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

But their love for Eminem seems to only extend to the rap categories. Lose Yourself: Eminem only wins 2 of 10 Grammys 2011-02-14T12:39:09Z

By Sunday night, there was only one: It’s hard to imagine there will be a smarter or more ambitious rap album this year than “Butterfly.” With ‘To Pimp a Butterfly,’ Kendrick Lamar brushes all hip-hop rivals aside 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

When did “logic” and “facts” and “firsthand accounts” get such a bad rap? A Breezy Look at Eve Babitz, a Writer With a Born Feel for the Charms of Los Angeles 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

Some songs in rap music are called "bangers," which exercise speakers' subwoofers especially well. Summer of Frank Ocean: 'Pilot Jones' 2012-08-21T16:53:24Z

I was always into rap as a little kid. Dogg to Lion: A Q&A with Reincarnated Director Andy Capper – South By Southwest (SXSW) 2013-03-13T09:45:14Z

“You got me on this one. I don’t listen to rap at all.” Rap Soundtracks the Michael Jordan Doc. The N.B.A. Wasn’t Always That Way. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z

It’s not a reggae track, though; it’s slow, minor-key hip-hop, with Mr. Marley’s vocal giving way to a long Wyclef Jean rap about fallen leaders. Review: Stephen Marley Uses His Father’s Roots Reggae as a Springboard 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Did I mention the tragic rap interlude, where a man with delusions of being Usher throws in a "Whooo!" and something about "passing a school bus"? What's behind the "worst music video ever"? 2011-03-14T15:15:00Z

It is accompanied by a new song, set to rap lyrics, about their struggles, setbacks and contributions to society. 'Hamilton' creator issues musical riposte to immigration debate 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

“I’m going to rap, going to sing, everything. It’s going to be a reflection of my growing up in Chicago, like Kanye West’s ‘College Dropout.’ ” Alex Chapman: The D.I.Y. Hip-Hop Artist 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The gruff-voiced Los Angeles Dre protégé The Game raps about police killings and the indignities he’s suffered on the thickly layered “Just Another Day.” Review: 'Compton' Draws Listeners Back Into Dr. Dre's World 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

The latest chart-topping rap album, however, upped the ante with a Hollywood-style trailer narrated by no less of a pitchman than the actor Morgan Freeman. 21 Savage Hits No. 1, With an Assist From Morgan Freeman 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

"It's only me, Little Tinch," he raps on a track about stealing your girlfriend anyway. Tinchy Stryder 2010-07-31T23:02:00Z

It was like, "What the hell is rapping?" Seattle's first rap group Emerald Street Boys reunites at the Crocodile Saturday, 01/03/10 2010-04-02T01:50:00Z

And, generally, Beyoncé was happy to play along: During “Show Me What You Got,” he rapped the chorus, and she bent over, smiling, giving her answer. Beyoncé and Jay Z Kick Off Shared ‘On the Run’ Tour 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

The streaming platform announced Thursday that “Africa Now Radio with Cuppy” will debut Sunday and will feature a mix of contemporary and traditional popular African sounds, including genres like Afrobeat, rap, house, kuduro and more. Apple Music to launch its 1st radio show in Africa 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

An academic neoclassicist, Adam approaches rap as a kind of imitation based on careful and thorough study. “Bodied,” Reviewed: The Eminem-Produced Battle-Rap Movie Is a Confused Satire of P.C. Culture 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

His earliest breakthroughs, “Purple Swag” and “Peso,” celebrated both directly and indirectly the chopped-and-screwed sound of Houston rap, and its attendant culture around prescription-strength cough syrup. Review: ASAP Rocky Returns to a Haze in ‘At.Long.Last.ASAP’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Performing at a "battle" at a nightclub in central London, he rapped: "To be found you gotta be loud and have a different sound, step out from the crowd, just rise from the underground!" Andrew Lansley takes rap from MC NxtGen over health policy in viral video 2011-03-25T20:18:23Z

A midcareer hit from Diva, which made its mark as one of the first successful female rap outfits in the country. A K-pop primer for Olympic listening 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

At a rap concert, the DJ sets the tone and hypes the crowd. Review | Lil Uzi Vert spills his guts in front of an audience of 6,000 teenage fans 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z

Connoisseurs of New York City rap have been following the smart, scrappy lyricist known as Wiki since he debuted as part of the group Ratking five years ago. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

One afternoon this fall Tyler, the Creator, and his buddies Earl Sweatshirt and Jasper Dolphin, of the rap collective Odd Future, turned up on a street corner in downtown Los Angeles. Round-the-Clock Giddiness in a 24-Hour Music Video 2013-12-25T23:06:53Z

There's barely a dry eye in the house as geezer rap's retiring prizefighter is carried over the cheering crowd. The Streets ? review 2011-02-22T18:21:32Z

Five years ago, the Atlanta native was positioning himself as the most vivid expressionist rap had ever heard, a virtuoso with bold aesthetic strategies and bottomless ingenuity. Perspective | I was wrong about Young Thug 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Their seemingly effortless self-branding extends to their Twitter handles, with Tyler being the most vocal, taking shots at popular rap blogs like 2dopeboyz.com. Photo/essay: Seattle's Kyle Johnson shoots Los Angeles' Odd Future, rap/skate/Internet arson crew 2011-02-24T20:53:11Z

It moves through the many phases that Wolf Alice is capable of inhabiting: chanting guitar cords, anthemic vocal effects, and rapping, as well as pure, attractive melodies. Down the Rabbit Hole with Wolf Alice 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

And then there’s the naughty “Caroline,” which echoes throbbing, pugnacious Southern rap. Meet Aminé, a Joyful Rapper With an Eye on Politics 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Newspapers and TV shows started using the track to debate both the pressures on Polish youth and issues of privilege, like whether an apparently rich kid like Mata should be rapping at all. A Polish Rapper Goes From Scandal to Superstar 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

They both sang, in French and English, with Kouyate showing a fine, soulful voice and Driscoll switching between singing and rap. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – review 2013-03-19T16:27:13Z

“At first my rap was going to be an octave higher,” she said of her whispery bars. We’re Going to Talk About ‘Bruno,’ Yes, Yes, Yes 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

‘A Sucker Emcee’ Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau set to a hip-hop beat, the writer-performer Craig Grant, who is known as muMs, offers his confessions rap couplets. Theater Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

“I got enemies, I got a lot of enemies/ Got a lot of people trying to drain me of this energy,” he raps on the muscular but exhausted “Energy.” Drake and Kanye West: Proven Paths to Stardom 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Most of the biggest sites promote new releases and hits by the world’s most popular artists, most of whom fit into the pop, rock, country, or rap categories. The Christian Music World Now Has Its Own Streaming Service 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

In its founding edition, Rolling Loud capitalized on the energy of a bustling South Florida rap scene, giving a stage to local artists like Denzel Curry and Robb Banks. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

The vocals, sometimes sung and sometimes rapped, talk about ugly things in a pretty voice, making for a tone of flashy bohemianism. Playlist: Screams That Charmed, and Other Overlooked Highlights 2010-12-31T19:54:24Z

In a song he created with the actress Elle Fanning, “Moon River,” he raps about a Tiffany grill with all gold filling. ASAP Ferg Feels ‘Like a Walking MoMA Installation’ 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

The rap trio Migos, mascots for Season 1, are pop stars. The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

Shakur, whose songs about social and racial injustice still resonate today, was only the 6th rap act to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its 30-year history. Politics pierces the nostalgia at Rock Hall of Fame induction 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Mike D of the Beastie Boys expressed the wishful thinking of many when he boasted in a rap, “If I played guitar I’d be Jimmy Page.” ‘Mr. Jimmy’ Review: Trying for That Perfect Page Re-Creation 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

He also has help from his friends, notably Black Thought of the Roots, who raps a verse on the title track, and Meghan Trainor, who guests on a sunny ditty called “Someday.” Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 105 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Duvall, as an ornery judge fighting a murder rap, got to do the sort of curmudgeonly late-life turn that won Henry Fonda an Oscar in “On Golden Pond.” Toronto Festival 2014: The Downey-Duvall Show 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

When did you move from rap to poetry? BBC Sound Of 2015: George The Poet 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The artist responsible is 21-year-old Angel Haze, who raps so deftly, ferociously and with such menace over its stark and clattering handclap beat that "flow" seems too mellow a word for her delivery. One to Watch: Angel Haze 2012-08-25T23:08:42Z

This is Uzi rapping at his most sturdy, using pacing and cadence as much as melody. Lil Uzi Vert, a Hip-Hop Star Beyond Gatekeepers 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

In concert, Gibbs rapped like he was being paid by the syllable, as he flexed his verbal dexterity and ability to go a cappella or ratchet up the speed. Rapper Freddie Gibbs heats up the Fillmore Silver Spring with virtuosic craft 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

Lajoie gained popularity through comedy videos he posted on YouTube, like rap parodies, fake commercials and even a song called “The Best Song.” ‘The Lego Movie 2’: How ‘Catchy Song’ Got So Catchy 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

As he was becoming a rap star, he was becoming a bigger viral sensation, nailing a few signature gestures — mopping the floor, slicking his eyebrows — that became easy memes. How Rap’s Class of 2019 Lives and Dies by the Meme 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

More than 20 years into a workmanlike rap career, Pusha T has landed his first No. 1 album. Pusha T Earns First No. 1 Album With ‘It’s Almost Dry’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

The musical, which melded an old-fashioned story of immigrant striving with Latin rhythms and rap, began its unlikely path to Broadway in writing that Mr. Miranda did while a student at Wesleyan University. ArtsBeat: Stritch and Miranda Get Last Laughs at Finales of 'Night Music' and 'In the Heights' 2011-01-10T20:57:56Z

Around the same time the immigration issues were heating up in January, Def shared a freestyle rap posted to friend Kanye West’s website. Mos Def Allowed to Leave South Africa 10 Months After Being Detained 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

"Mr. Jay Z this is a first presentation of real rap music from Russian Federation," one host raps. Russian billionaire wins Internet fame with rap 2012-02-24T13:09:10Z

They are singing new songs and old ones, show tunes and pop hits, rock and rap and the occasional hallelujah chorus. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

This version includes a new rap number that, like a lot of the contemporary jokes, somehow strikes a corny note. | 'Godspell' : ?Godspell? at the Circle in the Square - Review 2011-11-08T03:00:04Z

The underlying story of "Dirty South" is Westhoff's discussion of how maligned southern hip-hop is by coastal elites, both critics and other rap artists. Book review: "Dirty South" by Ben Westhoff 2011-05-09T21:54:19Z

“Hurt Village” elicits the adrenaline-stoked ambivalence in the competitive rapping and insult swapping that are among its characters’ favorite forms of recreation. Theater Review: ?Hurt Village,? by Katori Hall 2012-02-28T03:00:00Z

Though first single “Chained to the Rhythm” became a Top 5 hit, the other singles fizzled, and the star’s popularity dwindled as newcomers, mainly budding rap stars, took over the music scene. Letting go of being No. 1, Katy Perry finds her ‘Smile’ 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

Fiasco also raps about love and attempting to overcome heartbreak on "Battle Scars," featuring Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian, and "Heart Donor" with Poo Bear. Review: Lupe Fiasco raps masterfully on new album 2012-09-26T20:39:10Z

Last year’s “The Hunting Party” proved that the band can still rock and rap in equal measure. Your week in Seattle music: Katy Perry, Drake vs. Lil Wayne and more 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

“Look at what she represents. We’ve gone from civil rights to rap music to Broadway. I mean, come on man. Tupac is on Broadway.” In Tupac Shakur's 'Holler If Ya Hear Me,' an unlikely Broadway trip 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

I make soul music for hip-hop heads, that’s why a lot of rap artists are down with what I’m doing. | Mayer Hawthorne: Mayer Hawthorne Faves: Barbara Mason, 3 Sounds, Black Opera 2011-10-09T03:24:56Z

Rarely has a woman in pop — and certainly in rap — been so aggressive about constantly revamping her appearance. Music: Girl Pop?s Lady Gaga Makeover 2010-07-21T19:40:00Z

In the midst of this somewhat unconventional childhood, he developed first an affection for rap music, and later a predilection for hard drugs. Edward Sharpe: go wild in the country 2012-07-19T20:00:03Z

Billboard: So were opportunities missed then -- and being missed now -- in terms of bringing rap back to its socially conscious roots? Public Enemy's Chuck D still fighting the power 2010-03-13T03:02:00Z

Mostly, it’s filled with the sound of rappers rapping against oblivion — nearly 200 in total, each cramming the airspace with songs of themselves, multitudes flaunting multitudes. Review | At Rolling Loud, rap music isn’t about changing the world. It’s about surviving it. 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

Thai artists stand out from others in Southeast Asia because the language innately rhymes in daily speech, lending itself to rap and hip hop, Sirisant said in an interview. Rap and rice paddies: Thai hip hop creates unlikely new stars 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

In 2011, 25 years after dropping its first rap album, the band released the critically acclaimed Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: Then and Now 2011-12-09T09:55:19Z

More to their credit, Das Racist connected with people who consider rap part of the larger dance/rock/pop continuum, rather than the end-all be-all of their listening — and who'll listen to a protest singer. Review: "Relax" by Das Racist 2011-09-14T22:59:09Z

He had barely reached his teens when he was mesmerized by the street dances sweeping the neighborhood, as dancers twisted, flipped and glided to remixed records and rapid-fire raps. Webcast by a Hip-Hopper Who Cooks 2011-03-26T15:00:17Z

You felt very strongly about gangster rap, and set up an early meeting with Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight and others to encourage them to reconsider their lyrics. Dionne Warwick Is Ready for an Encore 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

While much of rap was reclaiming a racial slur, it was proliferating a homophobic one. Hip-hop goes for gay marriage 2013-04-02T15:27:00Z

Questlove of the Roots says that discovering “The Low End Theory” in the days after Miles Davis’ death and hearing Phife’s rapping sent him on his life’s course. Mourning Phife Dawg: Hip hop lost a legend too young in Tribe Called Quest’s Malik Taylor 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

With Biden’s election, residents are jubilant, bragging, rapping and dancing on social media about their state, letting folks know that it is no longer Dela-where? Lovely, little Delaware — long famous for corporations, chickens and credit cards — is ready for its big moment 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

CANNES, France — Rev Run is one of hip-hop's legendary rappers, but these days, he's spinning records - and is finding the experience may be even more enjoyable than rapping. Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes 2013-05-18T12:17:08Z

Hosts of the show invited Prokhorov to join them in a brief rap in English and Russian about his own business venture, yo-Mobile. Russian billionaire wins Internet fame with rap 2012-02-24T13:09:10Z

"Ultimately, you are free to say/rap/sing whatever you want," he wrote in a post that was carried on the website of the advocacy organization Autism Speaks. Rapper J Cole apologizes for insensitive lyrics about autism 2013-07-23T04:00:07Z

To me, this idea that you can create a rap ad and then connect with the black community is short-sighted and confused. Who is Ben Carson trying to fool with his bizarre, insincere rap ad?: “He’s a more refined version of Sarah Palin” 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

She immediately grasped that K-pop tracks must have multiple sections so each group member has a chance to shine, she said, whether they want to rap, sing softly or belt out a chorus. Sweden’s Songwriters Dominated U.S. Pop. Now, They’re Looking to Korea. 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

They are radically different artists — two different rapping styles, two different subject matter obsessions, two different levels of seriousness. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Son Darius was born not long after Boogie started taking his rap career seriously. Rapper Boogie puts son Darius first — sometimes even on his songs 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Later, the Houston rap star Travis Scott, in a performance far more vigorous than his Super Bowl halftime appearance last week, staged a mosh pit. The Grammys Want Us to Know That They’re Trying 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Jaden, who mostly raps, revealed his singing chops, though compared with his sister’s building powerhouse belts, his vocals just sauntered. Jaden and Willow Smith bring sibling revelry — and youthful urgency — to D.C. concert 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Nor do he and his co-writer create a propulsive narrative around all the individual stories of mishaps, trap and rap. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Everything happens exactly as you would expect, exactly as it is telegraphed, from May casually paralysing a patient and getting Yuki to take the rap, to the victim's mother having a total personality change. Casualty and Wonders of the Solar System | TV Review 2010-03-29T05:45:00Z

Listening to Pusha T rap is like watching a skyscraper get built one steel girder at a time: Every step is carefully programmed, every angle is crisp, and the sum total effect is overpowering. The 28 Best Albums of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

On “Intro” he’s rapping old-school jive, with tangled basketball references over jazzy instruments. Tacoma rapper Bruce Leroy drops smart new EP | New recordings 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

“It’s probably a little bit — ‘embarrassing’ is the wrong word — but it’s a little weird to admit that freestyle rap comedy is probably the thing that I’m best at,” he said. Utkarsh Ambudkar Finally Gets His Broadway Shot in ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Still, none of these are half as bad as Joaquin Phoenix, whose apparent attempt at a rap career appeared to coincide with a nervous breakdown. Rhymes against music: when actors try to rap 2010-05-21T11:34:00Z

The performers rap, deadpan: "Stop the demolition / dissent for destruction / let art and music be your armaments." Brazil's occupying artists propel Bienal Sao Paulo's theme 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z

Two years ago, Seattle’s long-running rap station went pop as part of a larger shake up by its parent company, radio power iHeartMedia. KUBE 93.3, Seattle’s longtime hip-hop station, is back 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

The infamous rap duo Insane Clown Posse owes over $300,000 in taxes, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Rap Group Insane Clown Posse Owes Over $300k in Taxes 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

In the Top 50 of the most recent incarnation of that chart not one other song deals directly with the circumstances that Keef and Reese rap about. Chicago Hip-Hop’s Raw Burst of Change 2012-10-07T04:49:05Z

The Florida Keys often get a bad rap as a place where people booze the days away and buy cheesy mementos because their selfies are too embarrassing for social media. Gas is cheap. D.C. is hot. Here’s how far $100 worth of gas will take you this summer. 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Instead it goes for cheap laughs, farcical characters and mediocre rap songs. Review: ‘Vietgone,’ a Refugee Tale With Laughs and Rap 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

A wannabe photographer finds a goth rap group on YouTube and travels to Delaware to immerse himself in their culture. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

In an interview with Snoop confirmed he would return to rap at some point. Snoop Dogg releases reggae album 2012-08-01T08:00:28Z

Contrary to his own rap, Jay-Z's latest offering finds myriad social media strategies wired into its very DNA – #NEWRULES, it declares. Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail – review 2013-07-06T23:06:33Z

His purpose is to discuss rap and hip-hop with some of its biggest stars, as far as possible concentrating on the technical aspects of composition – the prosody of rap. Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap – review 2012-07-18T20:40:01Z

I have worked with people who listen to rap because it expresses ideas that they feel but can't say. Battling through 2012-12-09T20:30:01Z

Apl, for good measure, turned fans' live tweets into an improvised rap. Black Eyed Peas / Cheryl Cole 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z

Near the end of his set, he spoke of some of his favorite American rap songs. Music Review: A Rapper Loves America, but Don?t Expect Another British Invasion 2011-02-09T23:53:47Z

The first trailer has arrived for "Straight Outta Compton," F. Gary Gray's biopic about the seminal music group N.W.A., and it positions the movie as a gangsta rap origin story with a timely political edge. 'Straight Outta Compton' trailer: Music as a weapon in NWA origin tale 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

And almost everyone has a goal — J P wants to rap, Jimmy dreams of playing professional baseball, Frankie does spoken poetry, and Ludwin wants to be an artist. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Buckwild,’ ‘Washington Heights’ and ‘Black Ink Crew’ on TV 2013-01-06T22:55:35Z

The pathway she found was rap—and not just any rap, but as Brittany Cooper explains, Southern, ATL-style hip-hop. Iggy Azalea’s strange year: What her latest Twitter feud reveals about the character she’s created 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

SoundCloud rap is hardly as limp or as purposefully benign as Chillhop’s study music, but the genres do share a sort of practiced nonchalance, a heavy dedication to chill. Against Chill: Apathetic Music to Make Spreadsheets To 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Which raises the question: What is gangster rap, a genre made by actors, or nonfiction rap made by gangsters? Friday Favorites, authenticity edition: The Head and the Heart, Avatar, Salem 2010-09-24T19:06:00Z

Public Enemy deliver their signature style with an angst and tenacity typical of men half their age, combined with the wisdom of 25 years in the rap game. Public Enemy Still Fighting, Still Fresh 2012-07-27T13:22:16Z

Photograph: Graham Wood/Getty Images Lots of people get their knuckles rapped in David Goodhart's critical of postwar immigration, from lazy Somalis and macho African-Caribbeans to inbreeding Pakistanis and standoffish Poles. The British Dream by David Goodhart – review 2013-04-03T10:04:20Z

An album nod for Lecrae’s masterful “Anomaly,” which became the first album by a Christian rap artist to hit No. 1 when it was released in September. Grammys 2015: Rap album nods spark controversy -- again 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

The Belgian songwriter Stromae sang, danced, rapped and charmed a crowd that was largely familiar with his many European pop hits, which are savvy about hip-hop, cabaret, dance club music and Parisian-flavored Afropop. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

Here, he decodes the American rap genome in roughly three minutes. Perspective | Best music of 2017: Cardi B paints the world ‘Bodak Yellow’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

There is also a touch of frenzy on this mixtape, full of swaggering, kinetic rapping, like on “10 Bands” and “No Tellin.’ Drake and Kanye West: Proven Paths to Stardom 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The soundtrack — or should I say, original cast album — crossed over to the rap charts. ‘Hamilton’ and Company: Tony Award Nominees in a Season That Reflected the World 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

More than 30 years of rap stars have created untold classes of hangers-on who crave a piece of the action: managers, label mates, even wives and children. Television Review: Basking in a Rapper?s Glow, Feeling Burned 2011-03-13T22:10:28Z

Now, for the aged or habitually bewildered by modern life among us, let me clarify that "grime" is a genre of British rap. World of lather 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

Nationally, the result is better rapping and frequently amazing beats. Danny Brown and Flying Lotus spells revitalized hip-hop 2012-10-19T15:07:06Z

I have read comments on blogs where people spend serious time trying to make arguments that women can’t rap. Talib Kweli on the Burdens of Being Hip-Hop’s Outspoken Conscience 2013-06-19T16:29:21Z

Beyond the tedious rap sessions that should have stayed on the cutting-room floor, the director's substitution of period pop for orchestral music makes the whole film seem smaller and less special. When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z

Either way, the group formed by Seattle rap’s absurdist anti-hero Nacho Picasso, Key Nyata and producer Keyboard Kid has been teasing for months one of the most anticipated local releases of the year. Brandi Carlile-Soundgarden collaboration leads season of Seattle supergroups, scene unity 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

As Lafayette/Jefferson, he will step into a role that is full of showy crowd-pleasing runs of extremely fast rap. ‘Hamilton’ Casts Its Next Lafayette and Jefferson 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

His surrealist streak is now in service of something more dramatic like gibberish rap, in which he puts together a hip-hop song by mixing clichés and nonsense over a beat. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

It’s one of the most ambivalent, melancholy documents of rap success ever released, which is odd, because it was recorded long before Drake’s turn in the limelight. Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z

“Story stayed the same through the money and the fame,” he rapped on 2013’s “Started From the Bottom,” another American-dream song. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

When he looks at the camera and raps the song’s hook, he gestures with his fingers like scissors, cutting, cutting, cutting. Retro Rap That Puts Women Down 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

“It was my miscarriage,” Claire finally reveals to the whole family in the last episode, after Fleabag has taken the rap for it all season. Let us praise Claire, the true hero of "Fleabag" 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z

After Mr. Bridges left to start his rap career, she sent her audition tape to stations across the country, eventually landing at 100.3 The Beat in Los Angeles. The First Lady of the N.B.A. 2011-07-08T21:05:14Z

He’s been working harder, and it shows: it takes confidence and skill to rap this straightforwardly. Rick Ross Tries On a New, Streetwise Role 2012-08-01T13:32:00Z

Facing financial ruin, Ms. Robinson got an inspiration when she heard people rapping over the instrumental breaks in disco songs at a party in Harlem. ArtsBeat Blog: Sylvia Robinson, 'the Mother of Hip-Hop,' Dies at 75 2011-09-29T17:57:35Z

He grew up in the Bronx River projects and, like Jay-Z and other giants of the rap world, he often said that he learned the basics of business surviving on the streets. Chris Lighty, Manager of Hip-Hop Stars, Dies at 44 2012-08-30T20:56:22Z

It’s odd to watch Scarface, one of rap music’s great philosophers, effectively pass on “Jesus Walks,” maybe the most meaningful and popular spiritual hip-hop song of all time. Kanye West Always Wanted You to Watch 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

At the end of “Grade 8” he rapped a verse of Lil’ Kim’s “Lighters Up,” and his dancehall-influenced fake patois on the autobiographical “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” was nimble and also dizzying. Music Review: Ed Sheeran at the Mercury Lounge 2012-02-02T23:20:55Z

And as if the acting and rapping weren't enough, God also blessed her with a beautiful singing voice. The lessons Lauryn Hill taught me 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z

His rap used the classic metaphor of personifying the genre of hip-hop as a woman. LeRoy Bell and the 'b' word on 'X Factor': ranking the field 2011-11-18T18:02:03Z

At 11 — scrawny, bullied — Mr. Baker discovered rap and he worked at his beats and bars throughout his teens. Don’t Call Him Machine Gun Kelly 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

He blagged his way into a radio station and begged his idol to listen to him rap. Meet Kanye West's newest stars: Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Common and Pusha T 2012-09-28T12:00:00Z

Hip-hop is a half-century old this year and one artist that has provided a treasure trove of sample material for some of the most significant tracks in the rap canon is Ahmad Jamal. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Before gangster rap became the ubiquitous soundtrack of Los Angeles, Egyptian Lover’s sensual electro-rap was one of the defining sounds of the city. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Now, a year after it was originally uploaded it, “Trap Queen” is officially the biggest rap record in the country. Fetty Wap, meet Beverly Hills: An afternoon with the 'Trap Queen' star 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

And “Still Comin’ ” leaves off on its rap for a while in the middle, giving itself over to a fantastic, buzzy, droning, cheap-sounding synthesizer solo that sounds like an Indian devotional song. Critics? Choice: New Music From Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson 2010-04-18T23:21:00Z

In part because of Wallen’s dominance, this year marks the first time since 1993 that no rap album or single has topped the Billboard charts by this point in the calendar. Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing’ Returns to No. 1 for the 13th Time 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

California rapper Lamar, 26, also picked up five nominations in the R&B and rap categories. Jay Z leads with 9 Grammy nominations, but newcomers vie for top honors 2013-12-07T06:31:59Z

Hip-hop legend Doug E. Fresh earned himself a paycheck by agreeing to train the men in the fine art of the rap battle, to be performed in front of a live audience, natch. 'The Bachelorette' Recap: Doug E. Fresh, NYC and the Return of Nick V. 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

But the town that birthed indie rock darlings and generational rap stars hardly has a monopoly on Washington music culture. Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

That tune got Mr. Pérez thinking about Ireland’s resistance to assimilation and led him to rap about all the historical circumstances, like wars and dictatorships, that ordinary people have weathered. Calle 13 Prepares New Album, ‘Multi_Viral’ 2014-02-21T17:00:01Z

Venetian food often gets a bad rap—outdoor cafes with photographic menus serve soggy pizza to the masses, but off the beaten path, Venice boasts some of the finest food in all of Italy.  Roberto CoinVoice: How To Explore Venice Like A True Venetian 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

"Tougher" by J. Pinder, Luck One, Sax G Whiz, Spaceman This five-minute Seattle rap posse cut is notable for a few reasons. Friday Favorites: Beat Connection, Keyboard Kid, J. Pinder with Luck-One, Sax G Whiz and Spaceman 2010-07-16T17:28:00Z

His status as the forefather of rap and America's quintessential urban storyteller sits lightly on his shoulders. Gil Scott-Heron 2010-04-26T22:30:00Z

Something From Nothing brings home just how big rap has become, not as an industry but as an art form. It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z

The mix of rap, DJing and graffiti with more traditional arts at one of the nation's busiest performing arts centers will make the year unique, Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser said. Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014 2013-03-05T16:55:17Z

The raps are direct, the guitars flamboyant, and the mood exuberant. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

It was about her own journey, as she rapped “Remember when they told you I was too black for ya?” and “Remember when they used to say I look too mannish?” Review | Janelle Monáe brings her truth to Washington 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

“Recording freestyles every day alone in my home,” he rapped in his trademark croak. Music Review: Rap?s Pied Piper, Lil B, at Santos Party House 2010-07-26T22:36:00Z

She will be joined by rock band Low Cut Connie and rap cabaret artist Boyfriend. Listen: From Big Freedia to Brittany Howard and more, a playlist of songs by musicians playing in Seattle Nov. 15-21 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Like a descent of woodpeckers armed with mallets, percussionists pecked, rapped and banged on the hollow segments of the cast-iron facades, producing resounding cascades of sound that were answered by intermittent chords from the orchestra. Review: Make Music New York Teaches Buildings How to Sing 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

"Wolverine in tap shoes" even tried his hand at rapping, teaming up with L.L. Tony Awards 2014: The Tonys show doesn't always tap along 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

“Dip splash till the splash is done,” the group rapped in one video. Amid London’s Crime Surge, Authorities Take Aim at ‘Drill,’ a Bleak Style of Rap Music 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Back in the 1990s, this kind of rapping — the type that calls attention to its own flamboyance — used to be prized and rewarded. NF Has the No. 1 Album in the Country, and He Sounds Miserable 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Just this year Judah came out and did a very flamboyant dance for his best friend, rapped about his feelings for him, and proposed marriage. The Jerry Springer Show turns 25: fistfights, fetishes and farm animals 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

I wanted to rap as effortlessly and flawlessly as the young East Coast rap king did. We miss you, Biggie: The Notorious B.I.G. remains hip-hop’s greatest storyteller 20 years after his death 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

Once Detox is released – that is, assuming it is ever released – Dre will quit rapping and stick to production. Dr Dre says Detox will be his final album 2010-11-23T11:56:00Z

On the first day of camp, her charges watch a documentary tracing the birth of hip-hop, when the first DJs inspired break dancing and rap, and invented scratching and "beat-juggling" on vinyl. Young people with old souls prefer records to CDs 2011-03-21T16:19:11Z

“And my story is far from finished,” he raps on “From King . . .,” the album’s intro, “I got my shoes off in them offices talking business.” Conway the Machine’s new album caps Griselda’s rise to prominence as one of rap’s essential crews 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

On “30 Hours,” over a frail Arthur Russell sample, he raps about how hard he used to work for love, or something like it. Review: Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo,’ Songs of Praise and Self 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

“I started rapping,” he says, “and I’ve been going ever since.” Rapper’s delight 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

After talking with McGee and writers about each episode, his team creates raps that follow each character’s storyline. ‘Queens’ hopes to earn the TV respect meant for royalty 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

On his next day off, he's even hanging with Seattle rap phenomenon Macklemore, who is on tour nearby. Ben Gibbard brings it all back home to Seattle 2012-11-07T23:11:04Z

And he wasn’t the only rap star leveraging his reticence. Review | Childish Gambino won big at the Grammys — and he wasn’t even there 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

When she was 10, she and a friend formed a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour - Winehouse was Sour - that she later described as "the little white Jewish Salt 'n' Pepa." Police: Singer Amy Winehouse dies 2011-07-23T16:56:09Z

In rap music, whose artists are more concerned with owning the future, some have aimed to re-create the effects of contemporary psychotropia while others have struggled to quit cold turkey. Soft, smooth and steady: How Xanax turned American music into pill-pop 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

"These guys are really gang members who make rap," one investigator said. Young rapper's slaying linked to feuds on Twitter, YouTube 2012-09-07T02:43:29Z

The lyrics performed by Common use an epithet heard frequently in rap and hip-hop songs, as when the rapper boasts to Kanye West, “I’m about to win the Grammys now.” ArtsBeat Blog: Maya Angelou Says She's Disappointed With Common After Collaboration 2011-12-19T14:39:50Z

At first, this seemed reprehensible — a moralistic rap star was funneling his influence into a sneaker company’s protest fantasy during a time when actual protests were taking place across the country. Is it even still possible to ‘sell out’? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

His unlikely rap inspires a spot of freestyling by Jordan Stephens and marks the start of a counter-attack by young, hip-hop, dance and grime-influenced stars, seemingly set on ridding pop music of indie rock. The V festival, day one – review 2012-08-19T13:15:31Z

This year's honors included some of the biggest names in pop music, hip-hop and rap, country and rock. Grammy TV audience hits 10-year high 2011-02-14T18:31:25Z

The rapping is precise and dense, often delivered with dry wit. Playlist: Naughty Revenge, Just Plain Naughty and Not Plain at All 2013-06-28T19:56:07Z

“Then, whatever the girls were telling me, were helping me with. Eve was very helpful in my rapping… she was like, ’OK, dirty this up, dirty this word up. ‘Queens’ hopes to earn the TV respect meant for royalty 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

“I was rapping about things I’m only going through now.” Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z

My remaining question is: why is Helen so peeved with Noah when he took the rap for her? ‘The Affair,’ Season 3, Episode 5: Back to Block Island 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

The New York rap tenet of sharp lyricism was upheld by Slaughterhouse, the Eminem-affiliated group, which did a brief, rough-edged set. Music Review: Nicki Minaj Backs Out of Summer Jam 2012-06-05T18:57:16Z

DMX made a splash in rap music in 1998 with his first studio album, “It’s Dark and Hell is Hot,” which debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Rapper-actor DMX, known for gruff delivery, dead at 50 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

All she knows is that rap music allows her to express the pain and sorrow of her only two decades of life. First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan 2012-10-09T12:17:09Z

D.R.A.M.’s presence in rap and R&B is welcome and refreshing. A joyous night with D.R.A.M. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

If rap is to really become the necessary artform that its purveyors believe it to be, it must not only reflect but champion the multifaceted lives of black women. Is Rap Finally Ready To Embrace Its Women? 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

Capiello quotes rap lyrics when posting about bottles on Instagram and shows off tattooed arms in the video wine guides he hosts for “Playboy.” What It Takes to Be a Master Sommelier 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

As a teenager, “I was such a fan that I was copying his style, the way he moved onstage, his flows, his raps,” J Balvin said. J Balvin Is a Man With a Mission: Making Reggaeton Global 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

The music is also a hybrid in the film, too, with needle drops of pop classics, rap and traditional songs. "Polite Society" filmmaker on combining Bollywood, martial arts and "angry women being rageful" 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

But the stop-start Cantonese dialect spoken in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong is perfect for another lyrical style — rap. Hong Kong Rappers to Reunite in Macao 2010-04-20T10:01:00Z

“Under a picture lives some of the greatest quotes from me,” he raps on “Champagne Poetry,” about your Instagram captions. Drake, in Search of an Enemy Besides Himself 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

“Only a few fit those words, so I’m repping for the rest of us,” he raps. ‘Mogul Mowgli’ Review: Rapping for Dear Life 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Melodically simple and texturally adventurous, it’s a near-perfect dollop of populist rap joy—the kind of song that cuts across listening audiences, for better or worse. A Young Rapper’s Bold Anti-Trump Message on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Switching back and forth between singing and rapping, primarily in English, D’Banj was never less than enthusiastic, an entertainer above all, and one used to much larger stages than this one. Music Review: D?Banj and Other African Stars at Irving Plaza 2012-02-22T23:24:21Z

Toronto rapper Drake was named best new artist, and also won a Juno in the rap category for "So Far Gone," a tune from his upcoming debut album, "Thank Me Later." Michael Buble dominates Canada music awards 2010-04-19T02:04:00Z

But critics have begun complaining that the rap frenzy is creating a glut of gimmicky, relatively interchangeable artists. Behind Hip-Hop’s Bidding Wars 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

From the position he now occupies, doesn't it become harder to rap about the bad old days? Jay-Z: good from the hood 2010-11-20T00:03:00Z

All told, songs by Lil Baby, who had never rapped before his two-year incarceration, have been streamed more than 11 billion times around the world. Lil Baby Might Be Rap’s Most Reluctant New Star 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Phoenix is mumbling, ranting and raving about how acting isn't for him any more – well, no, not if he's going to act as badly as this – and that he wants to express himself through rapping. Film review: I'm Still Here 2010-09-16T21:59:00Z

He raps quickly in a thick, gluey voice, with little tonal variance, like endlessly striking one key on the piano. New Music: Sara Bareilles, George Duke and Ace Hood 2013-07-15T20:42:55Z

She closed her set with the apropos “The Night Is Still Young,” on which she raps, “My only motto in life is don’t lose.” Nicki Minaj stays quiet on controversy, lets performance speak for itself 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

The rap against Mr. Knausgaard’s fiction is that it can move slowly. Review: Knausgaard Becomes a Writer in a Sick, Crooked World 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

The best of them will be rapping, and that's what I'm most anticipating as the newest of Southern California's many music festivals debuts. Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

“Can you remember any of the rap that you did?” How Louis Theroux Became a ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ Sensation at Age 52 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

And if you like rap, the dominant idiom of popular song in this century, these Grammys are still not for you. Perspective | You’ll never guess who leads this year’s Grammy noms! (Just kidding, it’s Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.) 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

They were rapping about things that I experienced firsthand or witnessed firsthand, and I was shocked. ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ N.W.A. and the new vernacular of protest 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Who are these delicate young flowers who have never been in a school playground, attended a football match, or heard a rap record or a Lily Allen song? Putting the F-word in BBFC 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z

He started in the 1970s by photographing graffiti murals on his way to work for a telephone company, then moved on to B-boy battles in clubs and rap concerts in community centers and concert halls. Lens Blog: Ernie Paniccioli, Chronicler of Hip-Hop 2013-04-18T15:31:54Z

Though the sibling genres are inextricably linked, there tends to be a larger market for rap than there is R&B, a trend not exclusive to Seattle. Seattle’s R&B scene heats up as a new generation of talents take the spotlight 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Eminem and Bieber are each up for favorite pop/rock artist and album, and the rapper is also nominated for favorite artist and album in the rap/hip-hop category. Eminem, Lady Antebellum lead American Music picks 2010-10-12T17:53:00Z

He calls himself “god-sent” and raps about resurrection; his album cover sees him baptized in blood. Review | Kodak Black, mired in controversy, is a tough act to reckon with 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Bronson started rapping in 2011 after he suffered a leg injury in a kitchen where he was working as a chef. And the crowd goes wild for Action Bronson at the Fillmore 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Left Eye’s solo raps throughout the song make it worth a listen. Forget “Deck the Halls”: The best holiday songs you’ve never heard 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

Survival is a central theme in rap music, so when a new century approached, it only made sense that rappers began declaring themselves impervious to doomsday. Perspective | Can a pop song prepare us for the end of the world? 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

He rapped about "my chick in that new Phoebe Philo" in Dark Fantasy and he borrowed from said chick's wardrobe for his Coachella appearance, wearing a womenswear shirt by the label. Kanye West's fashion journey 2011-08-12T23:07:09Z

“I don’t do the Breakfast Club ‘cause Charlamagne is shameless / That’s the only one I leave out when I run my bases,” Logic raps on “Clickbait,” a track released this year. How ‘The Breakfast Club,’ home to brash hosts and irate rappers, became a one-of-a-kind campaign stop 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

Now he’s about to mark another rap milestone, the debut of Ice-T the director. Ice-T on His Rap Documentary, the Feud with Pop and the Future of Hip Hop 2012-06-12T10:00:32Z

Jay Z scored nominations across the pop and rap categories, but failed to land solo nods in the top Grammy categories for record, song and album of the year. Jay Z leads Grammy nominations with 9 nods; Timberlake, Lamar earn 7 2013-12-07T04:12:44Z

Before debuting Razzlekhan, her rap persona, Morgan grew up in Tehama, a town of about 400 people in Northern California, according to court documents. Meet the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars in crypto 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

And the songs that he’s appeared on — whether he’s speaking two words or rapping 300 — have consistently garnered ravenous blog coverage and critical praise. Andre 3000: The most ominous instrument in hip-hop 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

That attitude permeated rap for most of its existence — until now, it would seem. Hip-hop goes for gay marriage 2013-04-02T15:27:00Z

“Afraid I’m going to blow it,” he raps at one point. Earl Sweatshirt and ASAP Ferg, Hip-Hop Progressives 2013-08-15T16:50:54Z

Johnston The Compton rapper’s follow-up to 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d. city is looser and funkier than its predecessor—a better match for Lamar, anyway, as his rapping really never colored inside the lines. Top 10 Albums 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

In Season 1, he wrestled with his bipolar disorder; in Season 2, he’s trying to advance his own rap career. On ‘Dave,’ Lil Dicky Faces the Music 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

He is an artist whose innovation was formal — merging singing and rapping, vulnerability and muscularity. Man of the times: On “More Life,” Drake is dialed into the sounds and possibility of the digital age 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Review: "Relax" by Das Racist New York City rap trio Das Racist — pronounced "that's racist" — is back like they never left with "Relax," their first official album. Review: "Relax" by Das Racist 2011-09-14T22:59:09Z

And thank goodness for all that, because musical touches like those salvage some of what’s lost due all the unpredictable rapping. G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer: More Like Pretty G.O.O.D. 2012-09-18T15:52:36Z

Another week, another streaming record for rap music. Post Malone Tallied the Most First-Week Streams Ever (for Now) 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

The best of Wall happens early on the album, as he raps on "Showin' Skillz" over a slow and chopped up beat. Review: Paul Wall unveils 'Heart of a Champion' 2010-07-13T19:31:00Z

Prediction: Macklemore will replace Blue Scholars as Seattle's most popular rap act in coming years. Capitol Hill Block Party day one notables: Macklemore, Shabazz Palaces, Champagne Champagne 2010-07-24T20:25:00Z

Women shrieked at his racier come-ons — some threw their bras onstage — and everyone, regardless of gender, sang and rapped along. Bryson Tiller presents his evolution of rap and soul at Fillmore 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

There will also be a massive presence from Top Dawg Entertainment, the Carson-based rap indie whose success story set a new hallmark for the West Coast rap scene. John Mayer, Imagine Dragons to headline L.A. Made in America 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

His debut album, “Trapsoul,” is also a self-described genre: Southern street rap meets soul, with less time spent in the trap and more time spent in the bedroom. Bryson Tiller presents his evolution of rap and soul at Fillmore 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Over trap drums and a forlorn, looped guitar, the artist recalibrates her voice over and over, shifting between raspy soul, high-pitched yelps, wounded raps and sweet-tongued singing. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

It’s no longer enough to just rap well. Low record sales mean hip-hop artists must diversify to attract major music labels

There's even a shade that includes the rap name Little Spoon, but that's a whole other story... Reese Witherspoon: 'I'm a complex human being' with 'different shades' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

Then he rapped sublime, poetic brags over it, about how, "When the plush crush through / you just ain't ready." Album of the year: "Black Up" by Seattle's Shabazz Palaces 2011-06-24T15:54:07Z

On this week’s Popcast, a conversation about the disruptive year in Atlanta’s rap circles, the speed with which the city’s sound evolves, and the artists hovering in the wings and waiting for the spotlight. 2022: The Year in Atlanta Rap 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, rap veterans the Roots were nobody's successors; their jazz-influenced show, with its tuba-player and cover of Sweet Child o' Mine, was unique and wonderful. Wireless festival – review 2012-07-09T17:48:30Z

At Trillectro, her tresses were a glorious green, the color of Scope mouthwash, and her rapping was playfully pugnacious, blurring frenzy and fun. Review | Did everyone go to Trillectro just to hear ‘Mo Bamba’? 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

Render has long seen rap music as a way in which he can make sure he’s accurately represented in the world. Run the Jewels return, right on time 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

We'll talk about blogs and how we see them fitting into the rap biz. Seattle Hip Hop Career & Business Expo 10/09/10 at VERA 2010-10-07T19:23:00Z

In “OLA,” M.I.A. raps over an electronic beat about sneaking around border patrol cops at the U.S.-Mexican border. M.I.A. Samples 'The Lion King' in New Song About Immigration 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

And note how Ms. Minaj sounds as comfortable as ever shifting between snide rapping, restrained singing, light patois and more. The Playlist: Kendrick Lamar Backs Up His Boasts 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

On “30,” the final song on “XXX,” he raps about using his kitchen stove and oven to stay warm in winter. Danny Brown finds success by rapping about being broke 2012-03-28T00:18:00Z

I was tired of having to rap over instrumentals we would go buy. J.Cole: "I Don't Want 'Beat Yeezus' On My Tombstone" 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

But he delivered this year with an album that was a throwback to the beats that dominated hip-hop when New York was king of the rap game, and of course, Nas' rhymes. AP music writers' top 10 albums of the year 2012-12-13T14:50:11Z

“I think Mexico has had an inaccurate and bad rap until recently,” said Trisha Ziff, a British filmmaker who has lived in Mexico City for 12 years. My Mexico City is everyone’s now 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

Page last updated at System Ali are a rap group made up of young Jewish and Arab Israelis - unusual for the Middle East. VIDEO: Israeli Arabs and Jews form band 2011-03-09T10:08:02Z

Then, he left Community before the end of its run, primarily to focus more on his rap career. There Are So Many Reasons Why Donald Glover Should Be the Next Spider-Man 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

The series kicks off with “Jesus Walks,” Kanye West’s meditation on rap music and religion, deconstructing its composition and revisiting its impact. What’s on TV Sunday: The ‘Succession’ Season Finale and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

The wishes fulfilled on “Made” are humdrum high school fantasies: a nerd learns how to rap, a social outcast becomes a cheerleader. Television Review: A Spoonful of Exotica Makes the Geography Go Down 2010-12-05T22:47:00Z

On the significance of rap music in American culture. Karen Green on life after suicide 2011-04-09T23:04:02Z

As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make it a point to have my songs reviewed by other artists I admire. Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap album 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Wearing a baggy hoodie and smiling to expose a Mike Tyson gap between her teeth, she rapped "Two brothers, a little sister," over Jay Z and Kanye's "Otis." Becky G: Another female caught in pop's cookie-cutter vortex 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

To that end the academy merged the male and female categories in the five largest fields: pop, rock, R&B, rap and country. Grammy Award Cuts Still Face Some Opposition 2011-12-28T23:18:54Z

I like his music because it's refreshing to hear rap being made in Sheffield – it's something new and different. Now listening: reader playlist 2012-06-20T11:08:43Z

The raps are all terrible; the traditional made-for-TV slock you get when producers and writers are trying to simulate what rap music does without actually making any. The Simpsons mixes The Great Gatsby with hip-hop in misfiring special 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

The next most rewarded artist was Kendrick Lamar, the provocative and critically admired rapper from Compton, Calif., whose five wins included a sweep of the rap categories. Bruno Mars Sweeps Top Categories at the Grammys 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

Also, new song "Meet Your Replacement" featuring Capitol Hill rap group Mash Hall hits iTunes August 3. Capitol Hill Block Party day three notables: Flexions, Mad Rad, Blue Scholars, Truckasuaras 2010-07-26T22:01:00Z

Brown, who has rapped on some of his songs, was bold when he hit the stage: He started with the European-flavored "Beautiful People," where he was backed with futuristic dancers and Auto-Tune. Surprises, rap's new class take over Summer Jam XX 2013-06-03T14:30:18Z

Sometimes, bridesmaid font is combined with rap vernacular to indicate that the mother is busy and capable, as with the tees that say “Domestic Gangsta” or “Mother Hustler.” The Quiet Protests of Sassy Mom Merch 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

It also had a huge hit in 1990 with Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” which became the first rap song to reach No. 1 on the all-genre Hot 100. Charles Koppelman, Force in the Music Industry and Beyond, Dies at 82 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

I’m proud that my mother, whose rap sheet is now my only means of knowing her, has been released from prison for her original charges. When I hit a girl 2014-04-09T23:00:00Z

“It’s time to elevate your mind-state/And celebrate your kinship with the primates,” he raps. | 'Rap Guide to Evolution': Rapping Your Mind-State Around Darwin 2011-06-27T21:53:16Z

In other words, he doesn’t rap about the projects, he raps about feeling guilty for not being from the projects. Music Monday: Childish Gambino's Camp 2011-11-14T16:38:00Z

Missy Elliott raps, “Let’s smoke these ghosts like Backwoods,” as if someone were holding her loved ones hostage until she wrote 100 paranormal similes. The Playlist: Fall Out Boy Makes Us Very Afraid 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

As he was listening and rapping along, he opened the liner notes and made a life-changing discovery: “This is also literature in the form of poetry, but it sounds like me.” How a kid who didn’t read a book until he was 17 grew up to become a literary star 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

Gangsta rap spilled out of a neighboring window, and few dogs trotted by an adjoining spiked metal fence. Underground music hero Delroy Edwards fosters an above-board approach 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

In a 1993 article in The New York Times about the boiling controversy over gangsta rap, she likened it to crack. The Wide-Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Voted by entertainment staffers of the news cooperative, Lizzo dominated the pop, R&B and rap charts in 2019 with songs like “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell.” Lizzo named The Associated Press’ Entertainer of the Year 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

“Young graves get the bouquets,” he raps on “Blue Suede.” Vince Staples, Sebastian Mikael and Girlpool Are Highlights of 2014 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

Throughout, he distilled the lessons that he’d learned on the front lines, deploying a distinctly West Coast rap style against his truth-stained lyrics. Nipsey Hussle Embodied the Best of Hip-Hop 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Well, if anyone else was rapping they were rapping at home and not outside. Seattle's first rap group Emerald Street Boys reunites at the Crocodile Saturday, 01/03/10 2010-04-02T01:50:00Z

Seems silly to keep griping about New York rap when this is here, no? The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

She’d written poetry and raps since childhood, and her father routinely encouraged her to freestyle with him. Ice Spice Broke Out With ‘Munch.’ Rap’s New Princess Is Just Warming Up. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

I ask him about a rap lyric he wrote that fame brings you to the “devil’s door.” Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba! Actor Opines on Sex, Race, Bond 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Smith himself wasn't immune to the trappings of rap success, and tells of how drug-taking and laziness put paid to his promising music career. This week's new live comedy 2012-06-01T23:06:09Z

But in deaf rap, the hands don’t just dance, they also sing. Deaf rapper Sean Forbes makes himself joyfully heard on the hip-hop scene 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

In "Hustle Hard" — originally by New York rapper Papoose, with 50 Cent sampled on the hook — Sax raps about not having enough cash to buy lunch, and barely enough for the bus. Download this: "Young With the Veteran Sound" by Sax G 2011-01-28T19:23:05Z

There are only three rap songs in “When God Sleeps.” “When this concert happened where we had concrete threats, I faced the same dilemma as his musicians”: Till Schauder, director of “When God Sleeps,” talks about Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

It's not like someone gets inspired to rap by listening to the blues. Flow like the river: Big K.R.I.T. and Mississippi's flood of hip-hop 2013-03-27T10:43:27Z

But those are bygone days now; even with the rise of drill, New York rap remains a regional concern. A Night With FunkFlex, New York Rap Historian and Booster 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

The beats may change around him, but he remains a stoic, rapping about drug dealing and women’s footwear with equal sincerity. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-23T21:45:25Z

As the rap says, “This better reach somebody, ’cause you only get one body.” Watch Paul McCartney Rap With Jamie Oliver for Food Revolution Day 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Suri bridles at the idea that the duo is making fun of hip-hop, even though they frequently undercut hip-hop clichés in their raps. Das Racist: An ongoing experiment in having serious fun 2011-10-13T20:23:00Z

Jake One, who produced his first records with Kutfather rapping, said the latter pushed him so hard to be more visible in the industry that at times he felt embarrassed. Marcus ‘Kutfather’ Tufono, a DJ who was a major influence on Seattle’s hip-hop scene, dies at 48 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

"We at the schoolyard waiting for you to get your kid," he raps while a quiet rhythm lurks below, more than willing, it seems, to expel blood on the playground. 50 Cent makes another horrible pitch with 'Animal Ambition' 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

After rapping about the crushing weight of his dreams, he rapped about the crushing weight of achieving them. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

This one starred Blank as a washed-up Harlem playwright whose midlife creative crisis has lured her into underground Brooklyn rap. Movies Survived 2020. The Oscars Diversified. There’s More to Do. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

Almost all the music is loud rap, with heavily metallic percussion and frequently unpublishable words. All Jooked Up With Everywhere to Go 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

“Whether we like country or rap or rock, music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys,” Obama said. Michelle Obama makes surprise appearance at Grammy Awards 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

He would riff on it during his raps, sometimes simply shouting it out, to humorous effect. Jason Moran and Q-Tip usher in the Kennedy Center’s hip-hop era. 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

They devoted the early part of Saturday’s set to them, with Black Thought rapping with practiced ferocity, and the band turning its soothing, crisp sound into a balm for the whole park. Review: Movable Roots Jam Brings a Philadelphia Festival to New York 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

I imagine the announcement from the stage: “Mr. Arena could not be here tonight because he’s in an Italian jail, reportedly on a murder rap.” Second Annual Edition: If I'd Been Tweeting from Cannes... 2012-05-24T15:10:01Z

The new film joins “Style Wars,” “Stations of the Elevated” and “Big Fun in the Big Town” in documenting rap’s emergence in New York City. Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito, Hip-Hop Heralds, Are Saluted in a Film 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

There is a vitality about him, which can also be heard on record with his rap group Clipping; he’s the same when in interview mode: always alert, switched on. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

In places like Atlanta, it is a crucial selling point for the unflinching style of hip-hop known as trap music, which builds on earlier iterations of gangster rap and centers on the drug trade. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

When discussing his character and others on his show, Mr. Jackson makes references to touchstone movies for rap artists and fans, such as “Menace II Society” and “Scarface.” Under-the-Radar Crime Drama ‘Power’ Keeps Gaining Viewers 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

Clearly when 50 Cent rapped I Get Money he wasn’t kidding. Watch 50 Cent Pull Out $10,000 on Watch What Happens Live 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

But everyone in the room was like, 'You can rap!' Are you ready for the British MCs? 2010-07-29T22:34:00Z

He’s nominated twice, for his masterful rap album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” — which should have been a nominee for album of the year — and for his collaboration with Jay-Z, “Watch the Throne.” Grammys: 5 races to watch -- besides Adele's 2012-02-12T18:29:00Z

From there, Logic found other rap luminaries such as Jay Z and Rakim. Logic looks to take his career to the final frontier 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

He started rapping and making beats when he was a teenager, performing at his older brother’s college parties at the University of Delaware. Pop: Benny Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5 2013-01-05T05:03:03Z

Thousands of people rapped every word to the "The Ave," a song outlining life on one street in the U. District. Capitol Hill Block Party day three notables: Flexions, Mad Rad, Blue Scholars, Truckasuaras 2010-07-26T22:01:00Z

“I know I still have lots of room to improve, but that’s what I like about it, and I intend to keep rapping into my eighties, in between building new software.” Meet the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars in crypto 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

The rap artist Azealia Banks plays Coco, an aspiring hip-hop musician whose crew, the self-dubbed “Staten Island’s Finest,” is stalled with no record label interest. Review: In ‘Love Beats Rhymes,’ a Hip-Hop Artist Transformed by Poetry 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

And Mark Twain, because he needs to hear some rap. Luis Alberto Urrea: By the Book 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

He found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. in the 1980s and went on to produce albums and oversee the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Game. Dr Dre beats any Olympic rap with headphone tactics 2012-08-03T16:05:51Z

“And those people are going to make it so big that the rap fan is going to be embarrassed to say he snapped on that,” Harlow said, laughing. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

That same night, Kanye West will headline Governors Ball on Randalls Island, a festival preceded by three affiliated rap shows scheduled this week at Irving Plaza. Rap Concert Shooting Renews a Racially Charged Debate on Safety 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

Jay-Z raps about getting a subpoena while on tour, snickering that he’s getting dragged into court now after “years of drug trafficking” in his youth: “Time to remind me I’m black again, huh?” Beyoncé and Jay-Z: The State of the Union Is Strong 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

The beat keeps threatening to turn into something more modern or busy but doesn't, and remains the same soul loop for five minutes, an epic length for rap. Fice did it: Neko Case's "Thrice All-American" finally sampled for Tacoma rap song 2010-06-15T00:23:00Z

In 1995, Gangsta Boo and the other members of the group, Juicy J and DJ Paul, released their debut album, “Mystic Stylez,” a nightmarish addition to the booming rap scene at the time. Gangsta Boo, Memphis Rapper Formerly With Three 6 Mafia, Dies at 43 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

“The 1980s rap against the N.E.A. was that it’s elitist — which is so dumb,” said Mr. Campbell, who has a subscription to the theater with his wife. A Red State’s Arts Blues 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Minaj won favorite rap/hip-hop artist and album for "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded." Justin Bieber dominates at the American Music Awards 2012-11-19T13:55:09Z

Slam poetry combines aspects of a live reading, a rap battle and stand-up comedy, as performers try to win over the audience with wit, braggadocio and, occasionally, nuance. Maggie Estep, Slam Poetry Performer, Dies at 50 2014-02-13T01:06:41Z

He grew up in the South Florida projects, first rapping in a trap house while in elementary school. Review | Kodak Black, mired in controversy, is a tough act to reckon with 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

His vision wasn’t to simply mix rap and rock. ‘Aerosmith had never heard of Run-DMC’: The path to the groundbreaking hit ‘Walk This Way’ 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

It struck me as less like Chinese rap than a Chinese art/pop equivalent of Italian operatic patter. A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

Agitprop gets a bad rap, but it was a powerful tool of protest against the Vietnam War. How to Birth a New American Theater 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

He rapped for more than nine hours and 18 minutes to break the Guinness World Record for longest freestyle rap. In webcast and tweets, MTV tries a new awards show 2011-04-29T10:49:14Z

J. Anthony Granelli: How did you guys make the progression from a hardcore style into more rap? Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z

Then Quik invited the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable fan up to the stage to rap along. Music Review: Los Angeles Rap, New and Vintage, Straight Out of Brooklyn 2011-06-12T22:15:28Z

It's nine tracks of him producing, rapping and scratching. New Vitamin D song says Seattle slanguists should stop talking like Oakland *UPDATED 2010-03-25T18:52:00Z

And then there are the parodies: the internet memes, the New Yorker cartoons, the rap songs. Charlie Sheen deserves our pity not our admiration 2011-03-04T12:29:01Z

That same year, nine people died in a stampede outside a benefit basketball game at City College in New York that was presented by a young rap promoter, Sean Combs. Astroworld Disaster Rekindles Fears About Music Festival Safety 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

But once in a while, he raises the volume, and the tempo, of these prayers, going before an audience to rap Buddhist sutra, or teachings, to hip hop beats and in modern Japanese. 2010-02-08T16:19:00Z

According to a video posted by hip-hop insider Karen Civil, Young, nicknamed “Swaggy P,” got down on one knee and presented his rap star girlfriend with the enormous rock. Looks Like Iggy Izalea and Nick Young Are Getting Married 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

But Einar’s death — in a rich part of Stockholm, rather than a suburb — has broadened the debate and finger-pointing, with some saying rap has become a convenient boogeyman, especially with elections scheduled for this year. After a Star’s Killing, Sweden Struggles With ‘Gangster Rap’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

He’s still sore over a December interview with Complex Magazine in which he felt his comments about D.C.’s rap scene were taken out of context. Six months on the trail with Shy Glizzy, Washington’s latest budding rap star 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Big surprises Marriage proposals, Riverdance, magic, Tony Blair, rap battles, Simon Callow teaching Ant and Dec how to do Shakespeare: there’s a whole lot of randomness in this show. Best Time Ever: how Neil Patrick Harris can make Tuesday the new Saturday 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

“I’m not no nice guy, I’m just a good guy,” he raps here. The Playlist: Zayn’s Bizarrely Great Sleaze Rock and 13 More New Songs 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

With partnerships broken and the genre becoming overly rigid, many producers peeled away to the more financially verdant pastures of rap. How the midwest won over the dancefloor 2011-03-03T22:10:01Z

The rap legend is a star on the network's "NCIS: Los Angeles." LL Cool J to host Grammys; first host in 7 years 2012-01-18T15:26:08Z

And he planned to move away from quantity, the prevailing ideology in modern rap, toward bespoke quality, building songs and whole projects in the same room with top-tier rappers. Murda Beatz, an ‘Alien’ in Rap, Can’t Stop Making Hits 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

He revealed in December that his rapping alter ego, Captain Murphy, “is all over it.” Flying Lotus announces new album 'You're Dead!' for October 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

“I just rap about my pain ’cause I know others could relate,” he insists on “Slow Down.” Rod Wave and Lil Tjay, Two Brands of Sing-Rap With Different Bite 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

And Evan Rachel Wood, a pretty campaign volunteer eager to play in the big leagues, is yet another figure giving female political interns a bad rap. George Clooney rules out political bid in US 2011-08-31T19:46:03Z

“For men of a certain age, there was power and lyricism in the art of the rap,” says Tim Gordon, a Washington writer and former radio host. Lonnae O’Neal: Whither the mack-daddies? 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Newman is joined in the 2013 class by the eclectic group of rockers Rush and Heart, rap group Public Enemy, "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer and bluesman Albert King. Vindication for 2013 Rock Hall of Fame inductees 2012-12-11T19:27:09Z

For the MTV resistant, however, a quick introduction: Odd Future hails from Los Angeles — home of much punk rock and gangsta rap, both of which the crew emulates, somewhat. Domo Genesis and the unsung depth of Odd Future 2011-09-29T18:40:09Z

He then reveals he likes to rap in Polish. There's a little bit of Larry King in every decent interviewer, whether they like it or not 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

Then other people would find out that I did music, and it’d be another layer, like, ‘Aw, you know T’s sister raps?’ Little Simz’s Big Moment 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

When I hear Odd Future, to me that’s not coming from the same angst or anger, do-or-die battle rap, but it’s definitely the result of it. Talib Kweli on the Burdens of Being Hip-Hop’s Outspoken Conscience 2013-06-19T16:29:21Z

Janelle Monáe & Big Boi: "Tightrope" Nominated for: Best Urban/Alternative Performance Leave it to two masters of mixing pop, soul, rap and visually arresting style to create an aural smorgasbord of delight. Ten Grammy nominees that don't suck 2011-02-12T17:10:00Z

A similarly goofy physicality imbues the comedy of Tiffany Haddish, who not only gets carried onstage in her new Netflix special, “Black Mitzvah,” but then dances and also raps, before coming out as Jewish. These Stand-Ups Are in an Escapist Mood, Much Like Their Audience 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

The Roots paid homage to Malik B for his rap talents and faith. Malik B, founding member of The Roots, has died at 47 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Elijah Wald is the author of a dozen earlier books on subjects including the blues, rap, the Beatles and the narcocorrido, that Mexican song type that explores and often glorifies drug smuggling. What really happened the night Dylan plugged in his guitar? 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

An expansion of the intro, and a fleshed out counterpart to meditative yet brief Outkast preludes such as “You May Die” and “Hold On, Be Strong”, it’s devoid of a single rap verse. Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors Is Visionary Hip-Hop 2012-12-12T18:30:17Z

Reviews for the album inevitably referred to Mr. Scott-Heron as the “godfather of rap,” but he made it clear he had different tastes. Gil Scott-Heron, Voice of Black Culture, Dies at 62 2011-05-28T17:37:19Z

A tour de force of rapping/songwriting from a young Compton emcee with a huge heart, and a good ear. Top 40 of 2012, Seattle and beyond 2012-12-28T14:37:05Z

It's about what you'd expect from the duo with a single of this title -- bubbly electro-trap beats, a lot of teen-sassy rapping and the two sharing lead singing vocals on the chorus.  Listen: Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea join forces for 'Pretty Girls' 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Bourque recalled: "We had his grandson telling us these wonderful stories about growing up with Mandela and then he rapped about it. It was a wonderful moment." Mandela and the power of music 2013-12-06T09:39:14Z

There was a recurring narrative with Sir Mix-A-Lot and Macklemore — the two biggest rap stars most closely associated with Seattle — that their success could mean a breakthrough for the local scene at large. Seattle hip-hop is on a hot streak. Can it finally get the national respect it deserves? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Arguably bigger in death than he was in life, Shakur will be only the sixth rap act to be voted into the Hall of Fame in its 30-year history. Rap anti-hero Tupac Shakur bigger in death than life 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Years ago, Chuck D of the group Public Enemy called rap “the black CNN.” Review: In BET’s ‘Tales,’ Rap Lyrics Get Lost in Translation 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

After “Great Comet,” I took the subway to Union Square to meet friends for some cathartic karaoke, and en route I stopped to watch a freestyle rap circle that had gathered an enthusiastic crowd. My Most Memorable Cultural Moments of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Still, as the crowd filtered out around 1 a.m., someone chortled, “No rap sheets here.” Scene City: Got a Pinkie Ring? You?re All Set for This Party 2011-03-10T00:33:51Z

Every now and then, I used to take a half of one, but I say it in my raps because I might pop one and that’s what’s going on. Lil Baby Might Be Rap’s Most Reluctant New Star 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Sandra set the music to “rap” and then they both jumped around the studio laughing and giggling. Our Favorite Arts Photos of 2021 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

One of the maddest gigs I've ever played – Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers playing bass, me rapping over it. Kano: 'Africa Express is random and surreal. Wicked, though' 2012-08-25T23:08:32Z

After his death, fans and fellow members of the rap community, including Russell Simmons, turned to social media to express their grief. Bay Area Rapper The Jacka Dies of Apparent Gunshot Wound in Oakland 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Saturday’s program will also include a much anticipated performance by Himanshu Suri, half of the recently disbanded Brooklyn rap duo Das Racist. Weekend Miser: In Weekend Miser, Lez Zeppelin and Saung Budaya 2013-01-03T22:24:39Z

So when it eventually graduated from the club to the recording studio, the principle of rapping over other people's records was a given, and the only obstacle was technological. Harlem Shake: could it kill sampling? 2013-03-13T17:03:00Z

Ivan the Terrible, he added, gets a bad rap, anyway. Out of Prison for Acid Attack, Dancer Hopes to Get Back to the Bolshoi 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

American artists don't think about recognition – they just rap about their surroundings. Hip-hop: who represents Africa? 2011-02-17T21:59:01Z

The through line was Ravid Kahalani’s grainy, impassioned voice, whether he was sustaining the inflections of a cantor or verging on rap. Music Review: Globalfest at Webster Hall - Review 2012-01-09T23:18:48Z

Though they've known each other for 15 years in the Seattle rap scene, it took until 2014 for the trio to finally collaborate. It’s album-release party time for Greater Than — the trio of Seattle rappers Fearce Vill, Grieves and Grynch 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Before “Written in the Stars,” his biggest single, he joked about how people in England frequently ask, unkindly, how he intends to break into the American rap market. Music Review: A Rapper Loves America, but Don?t Expect Another British Invasion 2011-02-09T23:53:47Z

“I would never put you in no danger,” Mr. Lanez rapped on the opening track, “and if I did, you would’ve said it when you seen the cops.” Tory Lanez Charged With Assault in Shooting of Megan Thee Stallion 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

It also reflects American music hubs like Austin, Nashville and Portland, spanning genres from rock to pop, hip hop and rap to electronic dance. Red Hot Chili Peppers top Lollapalooza lineup 2012-04-11T05:24:09Z

He discovered his passion at 13 years old, after attending a rap concert. “I was on my way to jihadism”: Meet the Eminem of Gaza 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

She rapped her ideas with a punch that when intertwined with her musicians created something epic. Rapper-poet Kate Tempest opens U.S. tour with memorable Echo set 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Through rap and poetry, Josh reveals big changes in his family and his team’s drive for the championship. Best 2014 books for kids: Fiction, nonfiction and picture books 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The track “Run for Your Life” is made of multiple beats recorded from a moving van — Diggs’s raps change tempo to account for the Doppler effect. 2020 Is Chaotic. Clipping’s New Horror-Rap Album Captures It. 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

He dabbled in gangsta rap himself as a teen before realizing it was a dead-end creatively. Lupe Fiasco: 'I'm afraid Chicago is dying' 2012-10-03T19:18:00Z

The rap on “Pippin” was always “great staging, thin story,” and it’s still true. Paulus’s Tony winner ‘Pippin’ tumbles circus-style into the National Theatre 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Never did he sound as if he was rapping inside the beat. Music Review: Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm 2011-06-22T22:16:46Z

“Watercolor” doesn’t sound like much other rap being released in 2017. Seattle’s Porter Ray makes official debut with ‘Watercolor’ 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

In the early stages of his campaign, then-senator Obama was making tentative overtures to hip-hop, noting in particular his appreciation of, and interest in, rap music. How hip-hop fell out of love with Obama 2012-08-23T19:00:01Z

Despite more attention to racial disparities in the criminal legal system, instances of bringing prejudicial and irrelevant rap lyrics into criminal proceedings have proliferated. California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

The streets almost instantly took to Wu-Tang's unorthodox style of gritty street raps cut with clips of kung fu and karate flicks. Raekwon opens up about life before and with the Wu-Tang Clan 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

On our visit, Swiss NGO workers unwound next to Hanoi's leading rap group while Aussie kids strummed bluegrass. Hanoi's Tadioto: Good Evening, Vietnam 2011-01-27T14:25:00Z

The hit musical Cats looks set to include a rapping feline when it returns to London's West End this year. Cats musical to feature rapping cat 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

By freshman year of high school, he was engaging in daily lunchroom rap battles, his brain, he would write later, a “never-ending river of rhymes.” Review | Talib Kweli’s ‘Vibrate Higher’ is a plain-spoken striver’s tale 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

Up to that point, the rapper flooded the cramped downstairs space with an endless array of gangsta rap, the same kind that typified 1980s pioneers N.W.A. and Ice-T. G Herbo brings the energy and the intimacy at Black Cat 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

It's one of the few occasions when a relatively broad spectrum of music--rap and country to jazz and indie rock--gets national exposure on the same network TV show. Lady Antebellum surprises with 'Need You Now' 2011-02-14T05:49:26Z

In recent years, Griselda has amassed a cult following in underground rap circles, with older heads and younger listeners who prefer a grittier strain of revivalist hip-hop. Conway the Machine’s new album caps Griselda’s rise to prominence as one of rap’s essential crews 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

After the song became a genre-busting smash, Edgers says, Run-DMC became the first rap group to ascend to pop stardom, the first to ever breach the barricades of rock radio. Review | How the crossover hit ‘Walk This Way’ became a major pop cultural moment 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Initially, the group had rapped only over the opening bars of the song, remembers founding member Joseph “Run” Simmons. Tony Bennett, Fleetwood Mac and Run-DMC preserved for the ages at Library of Congress 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

But “Junction 48” hits its stride as soon as Kareem takes the stage and raps about Lod’s drug culture and police harassment. Review: ‘Junction 48’: An Arab Rapper’s Refuge Amid Charged Politics 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

He started selling weed clandestinely, counting rap stars among his clients. Pot entrepreneur and ex-felon fights for black role in California's budding industry 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

But Jay Z also raps about the frustrations of fame, and praises the finer things in life, on tracks such as "Picasso" and "Tom Ford," named after the luxury-brand fashion designer. Jay Z's 'Magna Carta': promo writ large, but critics hold back 2013-07-09T21:53:12Z

Strong felt it was important for the story that Kendall should not be terrible at rapping, even if the rap itself is painful. 'They're damaged': Succession’s Jeremy Strong on sibling hell – and that cringey rap 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

He wanted to rap for anybody, and it was just like he was performing for a thousand people, but it’s just one person and he’s rapping to them. Why a Kanye West Documentary Took Two Decades to See the Light 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

"What really makes me happy is a final clearance sale," she raps on Let Me Bang. Sister Act 2010-04-27T07:13:00Z

It may be one thing for a country song to be remixed or for a country artist to dabble in hip hop, but “rap” still faces a bias. Despite hits, no radio love yet for country rap 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

For the first time in history, everything from the flawless beat hits of 60s Poland to contemporary Belgian rap is available at the click of a mouse. Sounds of Europe - explore the rest of the continent 2012-07-13T15:13:45Z

“Even Eric B. & Rakim, they weren’t really talking about committing crimes. I know rap isn’t violent. The kids outside just want to see a show,” he continued, before being pulled back into his radio communications. In Search of Kanye 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

The rap star would not discuss the arrest Sunday. Rapper TI, wife raise money for Alzheimer's 2010-10-04T00:16:00Z

Young Thug may not be a household name, but for rap fans who spend any amount of time on the internet, he’s become impossible to ignore. Young Thug marches to his own beat: Why the rapper’s gender-bending style matters 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

His frenzied tap dancing becomes a stressed-out leitmotif: slapping on tables, rapping on doors, clapping to indicate the cuts while editing a film, tap-tap-tap-tap. Review: In ‘Fosse/Verdon,’ a Portrait of the Artist as Problematic Fave 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

“Anytime day or night, you’d find dozens of people: skaters, graffiti writers meeting to go on missions, break dancers, rap cyphers.” COVID and Black Lives Matter brought an explosion of street art to Seattle. But graffiti was already having a moment 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z

“I’m just a teenager who admits he’s suicide prone,” Tyler raps on the title track. Arts & Leisure Preview: Angry Rhymes, Dirty Mouth, Goofy Kid 2011-05-04T11:00:08Z

“Most rap careers open big and crumble over time, but this one is a long game,” Craig Jenkins, the author of the profile, wrote in the piece. Rapper Mac Miller dies in Los Angeles at age 26: TMZ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

I decided that I would talk to Alexa—we could rap about music and the news, say—but that there would be no ordering things from the mothership. Yelling at Amazon’s Alexa 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

The opposite is true of “Auntie Diaries,” in which Lamar raps about two people close to him who came out as transgender. Kendrick Lamar, Mortal Icon 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

The cast recording, released digitally in September, is the first to top the charts as both a Broadway cast album and a rap album. Patriotism on Broadway 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

He doesn’t stray from those qualities on “Sir Lucious Left Foot,” a strong album of bombastic, gritty country rap tunes. Music Review: An Outkast Out There by Himself 2010-09-07T21:50:00Z

First it was Portland rap star Aminé, one of the weekend’s top draws, who canceled after testing positive for COVID-19. New Day In Day Out festival opens like a bizarro Capitol Hill Block Party, weathering COVID cancellations 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Skepta, one of the biggest international stars in the U.K. electronic/rap crossover genre known as grime, will perform at Neumos on Wednesday, April 19. U.K. rapper Skepta finding success with American audiences 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

He's aiming for a wider crossover audience with a blend of dancehall, rap and rock guitar solos. Matisyahu: Light 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z

A rap number, for a party sequence, is embarrassing, and not only because it’s intended to be. Review: ‘Mean Girls’ Sets the Perils of Being Popular to Song 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

The 2022 ceremony will also include four new awards for different genres, decided by public vote: alternative/rock act; hip hop/grime/rap act; dance act and pop/R’n’B act. Brit Awards scrap separate male, female prize categories 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

A mix of Logic’s rap influences comprised the soundtrack for this event: Public Enemy, a few Beastie Boys songs and a whole lot of A Tribe Called Quest. Logic looks to take his career to the final frontier 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

In the process, Scott-Heron — who died in 2011 — earned the nickname “the godfather of rap,” though really their music touched on a broad sweep of the Black musical and literary tradition. Brian Jackson, a Key Gil Scott-Heron Collaborator, Reintroduces Himself 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

That’s where he is when he raps the prologue to the play, rhyming fiercely about “an entire generation of black men who were never allowed to be.” Review: Living, and Dying, While Black in ‘Scraps’ 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

No one should be rapping about , even if you made some money writing for shows on ’ old network. New Childish Gambino Album’s Fatal Flaw: It’s Just Not Cool 2013-12-10T10:45:16Z

“He draws from so much influence of being from New York,” Titus added, pointing to the city’s renowned jazz and rap scenes. Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’ 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Kanye West, whose album “The Life of Pablo” was one of the most closely watched pop events of the year, received eight nominations in five categories, including all rap awards. Beyoncé Leads With 9 Grammy Nominations 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Kevin G tries to offset his nerdy mathlete vibe by performing a gangsta rap at the school concert. Fetch happens: why Mean Girls is the perfect teen movie 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Twenty-five years ago the Los Angeles suburb was the epicentre of a revolution, spawning NWA and hence gangsta rap. Kendrick Lamar – review 2013-01-21T11:38:30Z

It is only natural that composers in the classical tradition who grew up in a world of pop would be inspired by and borrow from any style or genre: jazz, funk, rap, electronica. 2010-02-12T17:26:00Z

In its mid-1990s and early-century prime, Murder Dog — the utilitarian, stark, fanatical rap magazine from the Bay Area — offered a far less gentrified take on hip-hop than its competitors. Reissues: ’50s Moxie, ’60s Soul and ’90s Hip-Hop 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

He raps with a spry radiance over a jagged, festive, violent beat. A YouTube Journey Through Rap Tributes to Soccer Stars 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Available free on Bandcamp, the album opens with Alphabet Rockers’ jubilant rap “We Royal,” and then moves on to rock, folk, pop and country. 7 Albums for Kids That Adults Will Want to Hear, Too 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

But more than 20 years after it was written, it remains one of the best examples of how "real" rap can get. Your most inspiring political songs 2012-08-03T17:22:06Z

After striking a giddy chord in downtown audiences, with a sold-out run in Greenwich Village, this rapping romp is angling for larger crowds through its irreverent displays of rhyming wit. How chill can Broadway get? Lin-Manuel Miranda and company throw down some ‘Freestyle Love’ to find out. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

It used its music-business trappings — a Princeton dropout tries to manage his drug-dealing cousin’s budding rap career — to get at distinctly American ideas about ambition and identity. The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

“Nothing about this record is formulaic or by the book for rap or reggae releases,” said Dan Dalton, Mr. Marley’s manager. Damian Marley and Nasir Jones in ?Distant Relatives? 2010-05-13T17:54:00Z

Pithy and profound, that elegant little brag describes rap music itself: a declaration of self, a consecration of community and, fundamentally, a physical event. Perspective | Pop Smoke’s voice was larger than life. It makes his death feel unreal. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

The rap that he clings to teleprompters carries an implicit dig that he is overly scripted. Seeking Humor on the Campaign Trail 2012-02-03T23:13:23Z

The joke is a direct reference to TikTok’s new favorite rap song "The Assignment," which is performed by American rapper Tay Money. Amazon delivery driver hilariously honors request to 'hide packages from husband' 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

One of Alex’s teammates, who is of Indian descent, rapped along with the lyrics, which include a racist slur. Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

On Flower Boy, he sings and raps about his anxiety and fear with disarming sincerity. Tyler, the Creator Opens Up 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Having alternative forms of spoken word events in schools such as rap battles would bring the spoken word to life for students. Arts head: Sara Blair-Manning, the John Clare Trust and Cottage 2013-05-07T10:45:32Z

Fox News.com also reported this week that, according to “multiple sources,” Knight was at work on “an authorized biography” that would reveal new information about the infamous West Coast/East Coast rap feud of the 1990s. Was Marion 'Suge' Knight shot over a book proposal? 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Suppose Soulja Boy wanted to bust some rhymes with a rap adaptation of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Challenges Abound in a Feast of Serious Trivia 2011-02-08T16:09:41Z

The Great Hip Hop Hoax is the bizarre but true story of two lads from Arbroath who bonded over love of rap music and skating. Cannes Film Festival 2013 2013-05-16T20:23:54Z

Then, the driver's window of the sheriff's car darkened with the shadow of someone standing there, rapping against the glass. We need to talk about whiteness — and then we need to dismantle it 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

While almost all of hip-hop — even many locals — have left the sound of vintage East Coast rap to die, he’s one of the few producers working to keep the sound pure and also current. Playlist: Jessica Reedy?s Album, ?From the Heart? 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z

The theater's grand re-opening party is free and happens Friday, June 25, with Capitol Hill b-boy rap group Mash Hall and Beacon Hill rap crew Cloud Nice performing. Columbia City Theater grand re-opening 06/25/10: Cloud Nice, Mash Hall, DJ Suspence 2010-06-09T23:40:00Z

For one thing, he’s in love with rap music for its swagger and defiance: like Notorious B.I.G., he tells us in voiceover, he’s “just trying to get a little bit of respect in the game.” Review: Fresh Off the Boat Has the Makings of an American Original 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

The rap star, who launched two No. 1 smashes this year with “Savage” with Beyoncé and “WAP” with Cardi B, will hold her first live virtual concert on Saturday at 6 p.m. New this week: Katy Perry’s ‘Smile’ and ‘Love Island’ return 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

But she achieved her greatest renown for her decision in 1979 to record the nascent art form known as rapping, which had developed at clubs and dance parties in New York City in the 1970s. Sylvia Robinson, Pioneering Producer of Hip-Hop, Dies at 75 2011-09-30T04:57:17Z

Worse than that is the sheer, tired lack of energy on display: you'd think that rapping about religion and the devil might fire any artist up, but Heaven is thoroughly rote. Magna Carta Holy Grail – a first-listen review 2013-07-04T14:23:37Z

Well, I wanted to ask — I've written before for Salon about how Midwestern food tends to get — I think unfairly — a bad rap sometimes. "We'll all get there together": Chef Edward Lee on restaurants' resiliency and #MeToo in the kitchen 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

At times, Mr. Marley is too self-effacing, just singing choruses while his guests rap. Review: Stephen Marley Uses His Father’s Roots Reggae as a Springboard 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The festival, which ended Monday with a performance by Beck, featured dozens of live rock, rap, electronic music and comedy acts packing five stages for four days over the sunny Memorial Day weekend. Sasquatch 2012 full review: Jack White and other highlights 2012-05-29T07:09:25Z

We rapped in British accents about our experience. 'Catalyst bands': What do you mean, you've never heard of them? 2011-07-21T21:01:01Z

The craze further confirmed the unlimited potential of rap, and offered an outlet to a gender until then excluded from the male-dominated conversation. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015: 11 other acts that should be in 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

On the show, she strutted to her latest single, “Swish Swish,” with a group of drag queens and posed on a banquet table to “Bon Appétit” with the Atlanta rap trio Migos. Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

In January, the rap group Migos held a culture class at New York University. Kendrick Lamar’s radical reconfiguration of the self 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

Eminem, Porter and Alchemist were judges for the final round of the Red Bull EmSee: The Road to 8 Mile national rap competition, held Thursday night at Detroit's St. Andrews Hall. Eminem says shows with Jay-Z won't be a competition 2010-08-28T03:51:00Z

“I studied every outfit, I studied every step, I studied every chain,” he said of the rap mogul. A Rising Designer Brings Hip-Hop to Homeware 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

Have you reached out to any other rap artists recently? Dionne Warwick Is Ready for an Encore 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

“I’ve listened to a lot of rap and heard deeply vulnerable songs but I ain’t never heard nothing like this,” he said on a Skype call the week before the drive-in tour. Open Mike Eagle Turned a Very Bad Year Into a Very Honest Album 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

When he leans in to rapping, as he does on this album, it’s still a refreshing jolt. Tyler, the Creator, an Insider Forever on the Outside 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

Though Mr. Lamar was largely alone onstage, he was backed by an obscured-from-view live band, which made the reticent jazz-inflected soul he prefers to rap over into something denser, greasier and more shattering. Review: Kendrick Lamar, Rap’s Skeptical Superstar, Eschews Arena Spectacle 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Their collaboration illustrates the growing influence of African music on British and French rap. Rappers With African Roots Bridge a Hip-Hop Divide 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

On a recent afternoon, the nine faces of the Icelandic feminist rap collective Daughters of Reykjavik were arranged in a grid on Zoom for a group interview. Feminist Rap Group in Iceland Looks Abroad After Making a Stir at Home 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

The children’s playground banter employed of-the-moment slang, often pulled from rap lyrics. A Groundbreaking Cartoon Family Returns, ‘Louder and Prouder’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

It’s scuzzy and anthemic, with heavy doses of late 1990s suburban rap-rock, and manages an air of sunny optimism even as he raps about a seemingly unending run of teenage traumas. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Khalid was also happy that hip-hop and rap dominated the nominations. Kendrick Lamar wins Grammy for rap/sung performance 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

“I think we are in denial about our own violence when we look at the rap community and say, ‘That’s where the violence is,’ ” she said. Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, dies at 69 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

"I am not normal and never will be," said Michel, the alcoholic Frenchman who had beaten an assault rap but not got the rehab referral he so clearly needed. TV review: Horizon: The Secret World of Pain, Outside the Court, Episodes 2011-02-01T08:00:03Z

Battle rap is an art form and a sport, as well as an industry that has been slowly growing over the last decade. The Fierce, Flourishing World of Battle Rap 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

In a rap world that evolves daily, Cole is a reassuring throwback to the genre’s past. J. Cole takes a somewhat tedious trip all the way through ‘Forest Hills Drive’ 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

Other British forms of rap had become overly Americanized, some felt, with slang borrowed from across the Atlantic. Grime Transformed British Music. A New Exhibition Traces How. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

Generally, Sax raps about street struggles and moral quandaries. Music Monday: Sax G, USF, Michael Dean 2011-01-17T17:48:06Z

A 1992 profile of Ms. Sawyer in Vanity Fair, for example, subtitled, “How she finally beat the glamour rap.” No One Tells Megyn Kelly What to Wear 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

"But many of the site's captions, usually dreamed up by Davis to accompany Holloway's striking visuals, rely heavily on phrases from Black rap lyrics, stand-up routines, and films, which eventually went mainstream." What's in a name? Shedding racist images and branding is just the start of breaking the Jemima Code 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, who performs a short rap about Thailand. Music television: the five greatest all-singing episodes ever 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

“It’s a different dimension because it’s my music, and it’s actually me rapping.” Tone P was behind some of Wale’s earliest hits. But can he actually make it as a rapper? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

But after losing a close friend and a brother to gun violence, he turned to rapping. 21 Savage, American Rapper 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Rock may be from Los Angeles, but the logic behind the remix is all Atlanta hip-hop savvy: Instead of “You with me or against me,” he raps, “Stacey / you either with her or against her.” Atlanta rappers are backing Stacey Abrams. And it all goes back to Young Jeezy. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

In Rocko's song "U.O.E.N.O," Ross raps about giving a woman the drug MDMA, known as Molly, and having his way with her. Ross apologizes for lyrics deemed pro-rape 2013-04-04T21:14:13Z

“Maybe I’m an insomniblack, bad sleep triggered by bad government,” she raps on “Blaxploitation,” a cinematic caper on “Room 25,” her début studio album, which was released on Friday. On the Hypnotic “Room 25,” Noname Comes of Age 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Or is it something more heartfelt, like suddenly this has clicked into sync with my metabolism and these are the beats per minute I want to be rapping over? The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z

Thomas Gray bounded all over the place, rapping on a ton of new material. Capitol Hill Block Party day one notables: Macklemore, Shabazz Palaces, Champagne Champagne 2010-07-24T20:25:00Z

But a rap sheet that matches his name and his circumstances in Washington state shows a guilty plea for drug possession, among other things, and numerous appearances at a Veterans Treatment Court. For this homeless man, playing Union Station's free piano brings respect and an appreciative crowd 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

This year's fringe, the 64th, features some extremely well-known acts, ranging from rap star Dizzee Rascal to Paul Merton. From Abi to Dizzee: Edinburgh fringe festival lineup revealed 2010-06-10T14:06:00Z

In the latter instance, you've got the less than thrilling prospect of someone rapping, albeit expertly, over a beat that would have been recycled already by a man who's been dead for six years. New band of the day: Joey Bada$$ (No 1,302) 2012-07-05T15:50:28Z

"I didn't make it in the singer-songwriter world, I came up through the urban world," said Sheeran, who gained popularity through playing in hip-hop and rap clubs in London. British singer Ed Sheeran bringing "A-Team" to U.S. 2012-06-05T21:07:53Z

On the title track, rapping against an ominous hum of trap synths, he wastes little breath before setting the scene of a skirmish with the police, or other opposition: New Music: Common Has a New Album and Audra MacDonald as ‘Lady Day’ 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

“I look in the mirror, my only opponent,” Jay-Z raps in “Welcome to the Jungle.” Album review: 'Watch the Throne' a royal waste 2011-08-08T21:59:00Z

Young Thug often punctuated his set by goading the crowd into screaming “free Gucci” in a show of support of incarcerated rap icon Gucci Mane. Young Thug and Travis Scott: Hip-hop is a young man’s game at the Fillmore 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences didn’t create a category for best rap album until 1995. The troublesome case of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy thirst 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

But he’s also rapping and singing about you and me. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Sheeran’s music, a mix of soulful pop and rap, is refreshing and rhythmic. Make no mistake, Ed Sheeran is lovable and loud 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

Her album “A Diario,” released about eight years ago, remains popular in Spanish-language rap circles; she performs as part of the Cuban Culture Festival New York. Pop and Rock Listings for March 27-April 2 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Footballers often get a bad rap for being paid too much just because they are good at playing a game. What's the upside of winter? The bright side to all those dark months 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Later, when accepting the Grammy for best rap album for “Igor,” Tyler called his new trophy a validation after “growing up feeling left of center.” Perspective | Billie Eilish cleans up — but the Grammys are still a mess 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

He thinks of rapping as an imaginative opportunity — flexing your make-believe muscles allows you to learn the breadth of your humanity, the height of your hopes and the depth of your desire. As a rap phenom, LL Cool J needed love. As a rap legend, he’s finally getting it. 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, they belong to enemy factions that engage in fiery rap battles, which goes to show that futuristic America is just like Shakespearean Verona of “Romeo and Juliet.” Theater to Stream: ‘Wicked in Concert,’ Christopher Lloyd as Lear 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Another year, another casual calisthenics lesson from Cam’ron, the last avatar of the intricately economical style that dominated Harlem rap in the ’90s and remains staggering to observe. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

They picked Harlow’s song for their back-to-school rap because it’s already popular with their students and gets them excited, Evans told Albany, Ga. Fox affiliate WFXL. Georgia teachers record back-to-school rap to get kids excited for virtual learning 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Dolemite, his sedulously designed alter ego, can be thought of as an early influencer, his raunchy, rhyming patter a progenitor of ’80s rap, his rakish wardrobe conceived to captivate an avid following. Eddie Murphy’s Latest Look Is Ripe for Appropriation 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

“It’s historical but modern. This is a guy who knows rap and knows Stephen Sondheim, and that’s the step no one has taken yet.” ‘Hamilton’ Heads to Broadway in a Hip-Hop Retelling 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

The show itself is structured like a rap battle, with both artists trading off hits before performing together. Your week in Seattle music: Katy Perry, Drake vs. Lil Wayne and more 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Succeeding in rap without first rising through the ranks in one of its hubs — New York, Chicago, Atlanta or Los Angeles — is challenging. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

So when Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean start rapping in their songs, it isn’t because they have dreams of a guest verse on a Rick Ross album. Country-music fans get what they want. Even if what they want is Motley Crue

When the six-and-a-half-minute song hip hip hoppie and bang bang boogied into Top 40 radio, rap became “a viable genre for recorded music,” according to the magazine. Rolling Stone: And the Greatest Hip-Hop Song of All Time Is… 2012-12-07T17:30:37Z

Blues acts slated to play include Alabama Shakes and Gary Clark Jr. On the rap front, Das Racist and Yelawolf will perform. ArtsBeat: Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beach Boys to Headline Bonnaroo 2012-02-14T17:15:17Z

On it Jay Electronica appropriates lines from classic New York rap songs, stamping that heritage as his own. Music Review: Jay Electronica and Big K.R.I.T. Rap for Purists 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z

The dizzying “For U” features a psychedelic guest spot from Charli XCX, while “Heart Is Full” opens with a jarring soul sample and gets the remix treatment from rap duo Run the Jewels. 9 Albums to Listen to in March 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

The creation of a rap hit feels like a tangle of mysticism, talent, hustle, and algorithm-gaming—something either too complex or too simple to be captured by a reality show. How “Songland” Tries and Fails to Honor the Songwriter 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Then Stasia Irons, rapping crisply in sunglasses, excitement flooding the room. Shabazz Palaces at City Arts Fest: stars, aligned 2011-10-23T01:46:04Z

Related to this new fluency, now, even when someone only raps alongside a singer, the two often interact more than they would have in the two-dimensional, hook-led templates of old. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

One of the things that sets rap apart from rock music is the extent to which it has borrowed freely from other media – cinema included. It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z

Few readers will get everything here — I loved Klosterman’s hilarious comparison of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. and the Oakland Raiders, but couldn’t quite follow his detailed dissection of the team’s running game. ‘I Wear the Black Hat’: the essential anatomy of a villain 2013-08-28T22:25:51Z

This is an album which, including bonus tracks, features rapping and singing; club music and orchestras; a tin whistle and a bodhran, hallmarks of Irish folk; and a song partly in the Ghanaian dialect Twi. Review: Ed Sheeran’s Secret Weapon on ‘Divide’? Being Unabashedly Uncool 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

Thompson, who also teaches in Howard County, Maryland, said classical music “gets a bad rap for being stuffy and boring. But there’s so much going on . . . all the different sounds and different instruments and energy.” Happy 250th birthday to Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all time 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

Among the big questions this year: Will Macklemore & Ryan Lewis sweep the top prizes, planting a flag for indie, openly liberal rap? The Grammys, a Night for Cheers (and Often Gasps) 2014-01-23T23:06:52Z

Desiigner’s freestyle is everything that “Panda” is not: impromptu, eerily subdued, melodically complex, sung gently and in a hushed voice, rather than rapped against a tide of glass-splintering bass. Desiigner’s “Timmy Turner”: A Viral Freestyle Finds Full Form 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

For a second year in a row, BET tapped Snoop Dogg to oversee its annual rap spectacle. BET Hip Hop Awards 2014: The must-see list 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

“Violent people who are using drill rapping to post who they killed, and then antagonize the people who they are going to kill is what the problem is,” he told reporters earlier this year. New York Drill Rappers Say They Were Removed From Rolling Loud Festival 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

To that effect, many of Friday and Saturday’s acts were upbeat electronica and rap that reflected that ethos. Bumbershoot’s lineup a hit with younger fans 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to be in hip-hop and rap, really,” Makonnen said. ILoveMakonnen Is Big Online and Almost Famous 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

And only four rap acts have been named best new artist, including Hill, Arrested Development, Chance the Rapper and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Diddy calls out Grammys and demands change in fiery speech 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

Drill represents a shift from the socially conscious rap of hometown heroes like Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Kanye West to a more brittle and minimalist sound with lyrics that depict neighborhood violence. Chicago residents fighting back against Spike Lee and the Chiraq moniker 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

Despite the strong Southern affectations and dry cracks about “valley girls” that pepper her tracks, she is actually Australian, a source of enduring contention in the rap community. Pop Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

To describe his presentations as “dynamic” is to put it mildly: Schumer’s a master raconteur with an off-the-cuff speed rap and superbly structured slide shows that can enthrall and enlighten audiences for hours. Illustrator fights back against Marvel Comics 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z

His major label debut album, “Good for You,” out Friday, July 28, is joyously off-kilter, taking in Southern rap, cheerful pop, indie rock and more. Meet Aminé, a Joyful Rapper With an Eye on Politics 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

But stylistically, the joy of rap's freestyles and cyphers echoes the spontaneity of folk's everyman, singalong jams. Hip-hop and folk meet in a new wave of protest music 2012-11-06T15:45:00Z

"Only see the truth when I'm staring in the mirror," he raps on "Used To," longing for days past. Mortality, fame hang heavy on Drake's 'If You're Reading This' 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

It’s clear why he and Ms. Bell are back, and there’s Logan’s murder rap, of course. Movie Review: ‘Veronica Mars’ Returns, on the Big Screen This Time 2014-03-13T22:07:42Z

Or the conversations on race, such as whether a middle-aged white guy could use the n-word while singing at a rap concert. Three decades of a pickup game ends, but the bond and friendships play on 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

It’s also true that there are counter pop cultural examples from the late ’90s; take Big Pun’s rapping about his “thick tongue, known to make a chick come.” There’s a new macho sex boast 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

The case carries echoes of that of US rap act Death Grips, who made their latest album available as a free download last year, without the knowledge of their record label, Epic. Jai Paul says newly released album is an illegal leak 2013-04-15T13:21:26Z

Bennington told Reuters that unlike other songs, "Waiting" -- part ballad, part reggae/rap -- is "uplifting right off the bat" while the song's message is "very intense." Linkin Park's Bennington says new album shows maturity 2010-10-05T22:49:00Z

Qawwali is an amazing template to create within authentically, in that it’s a mixture of a kind of rap and spoken word and singing. Riz Ahmed Finds the Beat Between Qawwali and House Music 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

He's also working on an upcoming comedy special and rap album, and plans to release a video for the single "Die Young" with an anti-bullying message. Nick Cannon documents health in new web series 2012-04-19T15:36:12Z

For “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party”   is as much as an odd couple culinary vaudeville act at as it is an image makeover for both the rap mogul and the domesticity empress. The weird high magic of “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party” 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

I was startled that he even knew — who had told him? — but I proceeded to give him my rap about it. I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Ridgeley added that the duo experimented with various musical genres — they fused rap with disco and then added pop — Wham!'s finished songs had social lyrics with a disco backing. "WHAM!": The 6 biggest revelations from Netflix's documentary about the '80s pop duo 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

At the end of the day, for better or worse, rap is alive even if some of its greatest moments are written by ghosts. Lupe Fiasco Pens Open Letter on Ghostwriting 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

Call this hip-hop’s impressionist era, when rapping is really singing and singing is really smearing. Post Malone and Rae Sremmurd, Hip-Hop Impressionists Shaping the Stream 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Millions of people have elevated Snoop to these giddy heights, made him the patron saint of rap. Snoop Doggy Dogg: 'Ain't nobody else bigger than me but Michael Jackson' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-03T14:20:00Z

Hovering above a morbid, anxious piano figure, Drake raps about the hollowness of being lonely, and after the chorus, uses Kardashian’s words but reframes them, making them sound like a lament about the single life. Drake Surprises With a Kim Kardashian Sample, and 11 More New Songs 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Lamar is the type of lyrically complex, politically savvy artist who would normally be confined to the underground rap scene, making his incredible commercial success all the more startling. Kendrick Lamar: rise of a good kid rapper 2012-12-08T00:01:00Z

“No one really knows if Shakespeare had a rap battle,” Pearce says. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

He rapped in stern clusters that expanded the genre’s poetic range and its formal ambitions. Complete Eric B. & Rakim, a Fresh Look at Wire and a Whole Lotta Guns N’ Roses 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

I used to be a big fan of rap back in the day and then I stopped liking it because it just became conceptless. Stars pick favourite albums of the year 2010-12-27T07:27:17Z

We asked Macklemore to list the Seattle rap he listened to at ages 10, 15, 20 and 25. Seattle rapper Macklemore ready to take a shot at pop stardom 2011-02-10T05:20:43Z

In a tight 80-minute set, Lamar seethed across the simply presented stage, every word laced with the kind of anger that exposed the posturing of a lot of mainstream rap as silly and forced. Kendrick Lamar keeps it simple and intense at Tacoma Dome show 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

Lecrae made history back in 2014 when his album "Anomaly" — a fairly straightforward rap release — became the first album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 and the gospel charts. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Formichetti rapped the table as if for cookies and milk. At Mugler, Genius and Its Limits 2011-03-23T22:23:43Z

On the indignant “Runaway,” he raps, in an exhausted voice, “I was dying and nobody was there.” Lil Peep Died Before Becoming Pop Royalty. His New Music May Change That. 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

In his interview with Variety, Mr. Gold also warned, “If we don’t succeed, it’s going to be difficult to do another rap or hip hop show on Broadway.” 'Holler If Ya Hear Me' to Close on Sunday 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

And what evolved was a mother, the figure I’ve been defending in American culture for 50 years, who gets a pretty bad rap. Tyne Daly and Jim Parsons Discuss Their Latest Projects 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Its geographically profuse sound is epitomized by a rising star of British rap, Octavian, who was born in France to African parents before moving to London as a child. Rappers With African Roots Bridge a Hip-Hop Divide 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

“Quality Control Presents: Control the Streets, Volume 1,” a compilation album from the Atlanta rap label Quality Control, starts at No. 6. Luke Bryan Is Latest Challenger to Hold Off Taylor Swift for No. 1 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

Soon, she was twerking across the stage, dropping into splits, all the while continuing to rap. The Grammys Are on Sunday. She’s Already Won. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

Also on this week’s chart, two posthumous rap albums hold strong in their positions. YoungBoy Never Broke Again Earns a Third No. 1 Album in a Year 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

“I always wanted to be in a rap feud.” Circa Now: Feuding in 140 Characters 2014-04-25T22:22:54Z

It was unusual for a rapper — especially a rising trap rap power player — to make an ode to a politician. Atlanta rappers are backing Stacey Abrams. And it all goes back to Young Jeezy. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

The record sold several million copies worldwide and helped establish rap as the genre it is today. Big Bank Hank, US rapper, dies at 57 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

The jawdropping Let's Groove incorporates a new rap section and sees the band transform the arena into one giant, gyrating Boogie Wonderland. Earth, Wind & Fire 2010-07-25T21:30:00Z

He mixes rap braggadocio with biting, thought-provoking social commentary. AP music writers' top 10 albums of the year 2012-12-13T14:50:11Z

“Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.” Meet 17-Year-Old Indonesian Rapper Rich Chigga 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

I always felt that I had rap album of the year. Pusha T on winning in 2018, Grammy nom, Drake and Kanye West 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

The swipe at Iggy Azalea on this song is getting the most attention, but even though Mr. Brown delivers it with intensity, it’s a shrug compared with the passion with which he raps about himself. The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Now his rap sheet is a glowing résumé of international exhibitions and prizes. The Week Ahead: May 22 ? 28 2011-05-20T20:21:34Z

Lil B wears women's clothing in videos and enjoys confusing bullies, who in rap are often homophobic. Internet rap star Lil B brings his new deal to Seattle 2012-04-26T12:47:12Z

He told the Belgian website Alohanews that his critics were lazy and had not taken the time to understand the codes of rap music. Belgium Drops Rapper from World Cup Song After Sexism Outcry 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Highly animated, he spits rapid-fire raps over jazzy backgrounds, often moving to the next syllable so quickly he often fights against enunciation problems. Pitchfork day 3: Off to a mellow start 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Other notable performances included Frank Ocean and his Odd Future gang, performing an alternative rap set. Pearl Jam closes 2-day Made In America festival 2012-09-03T10:01:04Z

When you’re going to steal somebody’s rap, you don’t steal somebody’s name, too. They took Grandmaster Caz’s rhymes without giving him credit. Now, he’s getting revenge. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

“They killed a brother for the color of his skin again/Reminds me of how they treated Serena at Wimbledon,” he raps at the top of the song. Amid unrest, songs continue to voice the black experience 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

His entry to rapping, at least to my knowledge, happened late last year when he offered a freestyle during an appearance on "Sway in the Morning." 'Dear White People's' Tyler James Williams puts out mixtape -- and it's good 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

“You’d never think of it as a scary movie song,” said Anthony Gilmour, 52, the Bay Area rap producer known as Tone Capone, who made the original track. How ‘Us’ Turned Weed Anthem ‘I Got 5 on It’ Into a Creepy Horror Theme 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

That the sport helped a handful of men does nothing for countless thousands; it’s no more a viable escape route than rap or basketball is. Review: ‘Champs’ Tyson, Holyfield and Hopkins Recount Careers 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

Socially conscious rap is common; its criminal-minded flip side, street rap, does exist, but to a lesser degree. Hip-Hop With an Irish Lilt 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

In a story first reported by Rolling Stone, Billboard removed the song from the country chart, although it remains on rap/hip hop charts and reached 32 on the all genre Hot 100 chart. Billboard removes rapper Lil Nas X from country chart 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

In the song “S.E.X.,” when I do the sort of rap in the middle and I do the list, I made myself sound like I have a lisp. Madonna: 'Caring about what people think is the death of all artists' 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

This time, Drake rapped, “it’s set in stone.” Drake and Kanye West, Long Intertwined, Will Tangle on the Charts 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Regardless, the past 14 years have made it excruciatingly clear that the Grammys want as little to do with rap music as possible. Perspective | The Grammys clearly have no interest in fixing their rap problem 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

The people who run them are well-respected and highly connected in the world of battle rap, and bigger organizations like URL often look to them to scout their next stars. The Fierce, Flourishing World of Battle Rap 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

And so it was that for 11 infamous episodes that fall, ABC offered up a police drama in which criminals rapped, officers sang, and jurors announced their verdict by bursting into a rousing gospel tune. How ‘Cop Rock’ Called the Tune That Some Shows Still Dance To 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Country radio, which has just one format, remains largely resistant to country-rap’s charms, unless the person doing the rapping is an established star. Country Music Opens Its Ears 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Passover desserts might get a bad rap, but here are 18 sweet recipes that you'll actually want to bake and serve at seder. 18 Passover desserts to sweeten your seder 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

The track includes raps, bursts of high-speed dance music and even a verse in the style of a rock ballad. Sweden’s Songwriters Dominated U.S. Pop. Now, They’re Looking to Korea. 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

But it didn’t matter because as the season ended, Noah, who’d been in the car with Helen, took the rap, telling the judge he was guilty. ‘The Affair’: Here’s Where We Left Off 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

U.S. rap star Eminem opened the show with a performance of his new song “Walk on Water,” with Skylar Grey standing in for Beyonce to sing the other part in the duet. Shawn Mendes, Eminem and U2 among winners at MTV Europe Music Awards 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

And it also shed light on a facet of hip-hop that’s little acknowledged outside of the genre’s inner circles: the symbiotic relationship between the rap industry and the streets. Tekashi69 Courted Gang Life. Then Reality Became Too Real. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

“I’m on the road right now swingin’, girl,” he raps on “Connect.” Drake, 'Nothing Was the Same' review 2013-09-23T02:13:00Z

Don’t worry: There will be rap battles and concert scenes and they do not disappoint. Review: ‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Is a Slice of Old-School Hip-Hop Life 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Hov samples the cries of Blue at the end of the track, making her the youngest kid officially in the rap game. Jay-Z Releases ?Glory,? Featuring His Daughter Blue Ivy?s Cries 2012-01-09T21:12:45Z

“I’m looking to get away from rapping in a way where people can marvel at it and more something we can all enjoy together,” he told The Times this year. The Breakout Stars of 2022 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

Around the same time, the lone tree grew several categorical limbs: R. & B., country, rap and so on, each taking the measure of popularity in a different genre. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z

This is a fairly linear storytelling rap, but his approach is frisky and surprising, with lyrics that creep up on you quickly or move at a deliberately slow pace. 50 Rappers, 50 Stories: Hear the Remix 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z

While Beyoncé could have a historic night, history could repeat itself and she could be shut out of winning a top award — a common occurrence for R&B and rap artists throughout Grammy history. Beyoncé, Taylor Swift could have historic night at Grammys 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

While they both share similar origin stories and possess a penchant for rapping over ambient, trippy production, Kish is older, and her maturity is reflected in her songs. The New Face of Rap: Young, Female and Ready to Blog 2012-05-30T10:45:30Z

They represent a distillation of the city's overarching pop dichotomy as it's developed in recent years: indie folk VS. indie rap. Best Seattle pop music, 2010: arcs and top ten 2010-12-30T10:57:06Z

But I thank God that it happened like that, because I got more focused on rap and that’s how I became what I am today. Lil Baby Might Be Rap’s Most Reluctant New Star 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

When he performed “Summer Sixteen” at this concert, he changed one lyric to adjust the song’s target slightly, rapping, “All you boys doing fake ‘Controlla’ wanna be me a little.” Review: Drake Opens Tour in Austin, Rapping, Singing and Sneering 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

“Just rapping is not really that impressive anymore,” Drake says bluntly in a recent promotional spot for Sprite. Is it even still possible to ‘sell out’? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Rihanna has won nine Grammys in various categories, including rap, dance and R&B, and is working on an upcoming album. It’s official: Rihanna’s ‘right excellent’ in Barbados 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

“Said I like the way that you talk to me/I like the way you go far for me,” he raps. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

Earl Sweatshirt, meanwhile, mixed unsettling visual imagery with his unique stream of consciousness rapping, even if the show lacked some of the chaotic energy that initial Odd Future shows were famed for. Coachella festival 2013 day one: Stone Roses, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Blur - review 2013-04-13T13:27:34Z

More specifically Radcliffe is a big fan of rap, and he spends time learning complicated lyrics — the more difficult the better. Here’s the video of Daniel Radcliffe rapping that you never knew you needed 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

“Can I ball? Can I chill? Can I stunt? Will I live long enough to raise my son?” he once rapped. Review | Kodak Black, mired in controversy, is a tough act to reckon with 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

With a refined strategy for harnessing the rise of streaming, where young listeners flock to rap, Migos is now zooming at an even higher level. Rap Trio Migos Cracks the Code to a No. 1 Hit, One Step at a Time 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

As a teenager, she joined Three 6 Mafia, an underground rap group that would go on to become one of the most influential of its era. Gangsta Boo, Memphis Rapper Formerly With Three 6 Mafia, Dies at 43 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

My biggest fear is that this icon of British reggae rap will end up as a mere footnote in the annals of rock'n'roll. Smiley Culture made us proud to be black and British 2011-03-15T19:58:40Z

Most people see the rap industry on TV through Empire, which looks at the millionaires at the top of the game. Best TV of the week: Atlanta, One Mississippi and Oprah’s latest drama 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

“Yeah but I wasn’t playing an insane centurion doing a rap,” he laughs. Rupert Graves: 'Genuinely, it helps in this business being called Rupert' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

He makes music daily, on his laptop, but rarely raps. Adam Horovitz, a Beastie Boy in Middle Age 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

A Times reporter who focuses on pop music, Coscarelli looks at Atlanta’s outsize influence on modern rap — and how racism and economic exploitation shape its culture. 15 New Books Coming in October 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, on record, Bad Bunny’s singing seems like a byproduct of his rapping. Bad Bunny, the Inexhaustible Pop Recalibrator, Lights Up Madison Square Garden 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

One minute he is sweetly singing; the next, bleating; then he is rapping in tightly clustered sneezes. Lil Uzi Vert and a Generation of Rap Stars Looking Beyond Hip-Hop 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

The most obvious link between acting and rap is an ability — if not unbridled desire — to perform in front of other people. Rappers bust a move to the small screen 2012-08-24T16:53:08Z

But the most invested and indignant appearance comes from Jim Jones, rapping about the changes in the genre with the grim crankiness of a flustered dad. The Playlist: Kane Brown Confronts Gun Violence, and 12 More New Songs 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

In the era of Drake and Kanye West, he exists on a separate plane of rap celebrity — rarely photographed, without a personal online presence — removed in sound and style from hip-hop’s current sphere of influence. Eminem Collaborates on the Album for the Film ‘Southpaw’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

If anything, her work with the Minnesota Orchestra has eclipsed the field, brilliantly fusing her innovative rap stylings with the sonic power of the concert hall. Dessa's "Sound the Bells": Indie hip-hop collides with an explosive orchestral score 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

K-pop acts sing or rap in Korean, often with snippets of English. With K-pop back in U.S. spotlight, Korean-American stars take hope 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

The cast recording of “Hamilton” isn't just one of the biggest-selling Broadway albums in history — it also gave Drake a run for his money on the rap charts. A critic's take: Why 'Hamilton's' Tony Award record ushers in a new era for theater 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

The rap artist was charged earlier this month with illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, an offense that carries a penalty of up to three years in prison. Rapper Coolio spared jail in guilty plea to Los Angeles gun charge 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

He was admired in Memphis as a torchbearer to the city’s rap legends, Three 6 Mafia. Rapper Young Dolph fatally shot at Tennessee cookie shop 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

As the years went on, Kasem progressed through disco and punk, arena rock and rap. Kasem was an island of calm in swirl of pop music 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

He replies with his own rhythm, lighting into an early Gambino-style rap about his dreams of glory far beyond writing up teenagers for drinking violations. Fiction Podcasts to Get Lost In 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

CD sales have continued to slide as streaming booms, particularly for rap artists, who constantly set and break records and dominate playlists on services including Spotify and Apple Music. Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Is the Year’s Biggest Album. But Can You Find It in Stores? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Like the rap videos, her foray into horror represents both an abstention from, and an implicit critique of, the Hollywood playbook for stars of her pedigree. This Is Lupita Nyong’o. Hollywood, Please Keep Up. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

A: One of the reasons I broke up with Michael is I wanted to do a rap record on anti-crack. Quincy Jones, master of firsts, arrives to open a museum 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

He also seems to be taking cues from both Drake and Jay Z with a heavy focus on rapping. Kanye West's New Single "All Day" Springs a Leak: Listen 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Like much great rap, if you don't get it you aren't supposed to. Photo/essay: Seattle's Kyle Johnson shoots Los Angeles' Odd Future, rap/skate/Internet arson crew 2011-02-24T20:53:11Z

Caz also performs along the way, including a full version of “The Message,” the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song famous for being the first rap with a scathing social commentary. They took Grandmaster Caz’s rhymes without giving him credit. Now, he’s getting revenge. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Because he approaches rap music as a diaristic practice, the recording studio isn’t just a place to conjure his next hit. Six months on the trail with Shy Glizzy, Washington’s latest budding rap star 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Rap also was relegated mostly to rap category nods outside of Ocean's breakthrough. Nominations for Grammys are announced 2012-12-06T05:53:06Z

And it felt healthy to see a rap audience* stop caring about being cool or one-upping anybody for a minute and just let it all hang out. Block Party 2012 day one wrap: Keyboard Kid, Allen Stone, Nacho Picasso 2012-07-21T21:01:05Z

Crucially, Eilish has also absorbed an at times cartoonish, outlaw essence from the world of rap — without actually trying to rap. Billie Eilish Is Not Your Typical 17-Year-Old Pop Star. Get Used to Her. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

“Today we write pop songs, hip-hop, rap. Back then they wrote arias, symphonies, operas.” Game of Thrones: an opera of ice and fire to be performed in New York 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

All through the show, he kept up a wonderful rapping commentary in my ear, saying over and over, “My, these ladies are deliciously endowed.” Unforgettable Moments 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Sporting a Syrian flag tucked down the back of his T-shirt, Jawaad rapped the final verse of Clint Eastwood in Arabic to the obvious pleasure and definite surprise of the crowd. Arabian heights: Gorillaz stage historic gig in Syria 2010-07-27T15:56:00Z

“A lot of my favorite rap albums have skits and so those are our skits — me singing hoarsely at four in the morning,” he said. There's lots of Broadway's Lin-Manuel Miranda coming up 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

And his tracks share their creative restlessness, taking in dubstep and traditional rap as well as the grime people generally define him by. Ones to watch in 2013: Scrufizzer 2013-01-01T10:00:04Z

As Duke Ellington, Legend jolts the sketch to life with a few bars of an elegant, completely incongruous cafe-jazz cover of the rap anthem “Big Rings,” written, he says, by “my brother, Drake Ellington.” Review: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Tests Whether It’s OK to Laugh 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

She met her husband, Chris Turner — a successful comedian best known for his freestyle rap — through an improv comedy group in Britain. A Debut Novel Creates a World From Pages Taken From the Past 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

They proclaimed it the worst song ever, likening Phair's rapping to Madonna's on American Life, mocking her for apparently morphing into a MIA wannabe. Has Liz Phair written the worst album of all time? Far from it ... 2010-07-12T12:19:00Z

Mane was adamant that he wasn’t a rap clone; however, when it came to his taste in fashion, he wondered if he qualified as a hypebeast. Gucci Mane Among the Hypebeasts 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

It features Wee and three other singers rapping in Mandarin in front of various places of worship and using the word "Allah," which means God in the Malay language. Malaysian rapper held for allegedly insulting Islam in video 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Of course, that bad “bubble wrap” rap falls most often on mothers, which bugs me. Motherlode Blog: Helmets: Because Their Thick Skulls Aren’t Thick Enough 2014-02-07T17:22:38Z

Tweaking Rap’s Rules, but With Respect What are the hallmarks of great rapping in 2013? Critic’s Notebook: Tweaking Rap’s Rules, but With Respect 2013-01-16T23:12:10Z

The two-time Grammy Award nominee doesn’t rap on the raw, stripped-down track, called “Be Free.” Rapper J. Cole releases new song in response to Ferguson: “All we want to do is be free” 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

The musical received mixed reviews, and it seems that for the tourists who dominate Broadway ticket markets, slam poets and dead rap stars weren’t much of a draw. For Imagination Stage’s ‘BFG’ puppeteers, canned tomatoes are free weights

He also rapped and beat-boxed over abbreviated versions of some of his best-known songs. Super busy SXSW wraps up with poignant moment 2012-03-18T11:16:08Z

Minion: Oh yeah, she did that rapping thing, right? This week's new singles 2011-07-29T23:10:21Z

It's not that smooth boom you expect from rap music. The man who mastered Shabazz Palaces' 'Black Up' 2012-12-05T00:46:05Z

In fact, it’s more reminiscent of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when New York rap was beginning to test its pop edges. Cardi B Is a New Rap Celebrity Loyal to Rap’s Old Rules on ‘Invasion of Privacy’ 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

The walls were covered in a brown wash; enlarged newspaper clippings; portraits of rap greats; and sayings like “Get Better.” Swizz Beatz’s Music Studio Is Basically an Art Gallery 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Still wearing black paramilitary garb from a rap video shoot earlier in the day, Mr. Dean poured a glass of brandy and hovered above a table freighted with paint and blank paper. A Quieter Side of Swizz Beatz 2012-09-28T19:46:44Z

The record sold by the barrowload – particularly to white suburban kids desperate to clamber aboard gangsta rap’s chrome-wheeled bandwagon – but nobody plays it much today. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

He raps with a slurry intricacy that’s inscrutable to old-fashioned hip-hop purists, but holds consistent thrills. Gucci Mane, Buff, Sober, Out of the Pen and Ready to Flow 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

In the renegade theater of hip-hop that lived outside of the East and West Coast industry hubs between 1992 to 2003, Pen & Pixel became the most satisfying translators of Southern rap’s magnanimity into 2-D. Review | Like most sequels, ‘Savage Mode II’ is an underwhelming blockbuster 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

It could be acting, it could be rapping, it could be writing, it could be graphic design; sometimes it’s a combination of all those things. There Are So Many Reasons Why Donald Glover Should Be the Next Spider-Man 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Here the scene stealer is Lionel as a hip-hop shark, doing a hilarious rap. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 12-18 2012-10-11T22:03:14Z

Many comic elements — gossiping pandas, a rap by the princes — are played so broadly that little seems at stake. Two Timely Takes on Hans Christian Andersen’s Tales 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

When he told magistrates he was a rap music fan expressing affection, he was acquitted. Has Django Unchained defused the 'n-bomb'? 2013-01-14T17:26:56Z

“So, the Uzi is more popular in, like, movies and rap songs,” one of them said. Vegas on the Cheap? Get Off the Strip 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

The older sibling, Mateo, who pulled the trigger on Brooks McCutcheon, takes the rap all by himself and is sentenced to 30 years without parole; not great but better than the noose. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Finale: Case Closed 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

Prince Charles tends to get a bad rap, not least because of a certain mistress turned second wife. Books to get you ready for Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Former students, fellow writers and even a few colleagues get their knuckles rapped for relying on cheap tricks. The Gloom, Doom and Occasional Joy of the Writing Life 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

J. Cole raps from the perspective of parents having a discussion about something that could become increasingly rare in the post-Roe v. Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

Like the early gangsta rap stars, the founding fathers forge rhyme, reason and a sovereign identity out of tumultuous lives. Review: In ‘Hamilton,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Forges Democracy Through Rap 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

After one bleachers-stomping beat ended abruptly, a guy in a leather jacket said, "Keep going, I was about to rap on that!" Review: OC Notes, Fergus Farley, City Hall at Hollow Earth 2011-12-29T19:30:11Z

Often, he rapped as if he were trying to win an argument, with repetitive emphasis and terse phrasing designed for maximum impact. DMX, a Profound Vessel for Pain 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

But the group's genre-swinging versatility -- everything from rap and lounge to blues and soul  -- and exuberance carried the day. SXSW 2012: It's a wrap 2012-03-18T19:19:00Z

That’s reflected in the range of vocal approaches he takes on “Blonde”: heavy-sigh exhalation, digitally manipulated childlike singing, forceful spoken word, sleepy-eyed rapping, obscured conversation. Frank Ocean Ends His Long Silence With a Variety of Works 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

On “Talk to Me,” El-P raps in a punchy, Company Flow manner, “Brave men didn’t die face down in the Vietnam muck so I could not style on you.” Run the Jewels, Still Insisting on Old Hip-Hop Values 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

He’s full of himself in ways that work only in rap lyrics. Books Of the Times: ‘Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir,’ by Eddie Huang 2013-01-24T16:12:42Z

They tend to be witty, gifted instructors, rapping readers’ knuckles with rulers so attractive the knuckles hardly mind. In Love With Language, but Not Necessarily With Each Other 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

The summer program is open to the general public and will give guidance and a general introduction to singing, producing, vocal recording, rapping, filming, acting and hosting. Camp offers glimpse of life in show biz 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Monday night, Jimmy Fallon aired yet another installment in "The Tonight Show's" ongoing project to have "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams "rap" every major hip hop and rap song in modern history. Brian Williams 'raps' 'Who Am I (What's My Name?)' on 'Tonight Show' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

But in PinkPantheress’s case, using the term mixtape invokes one of the classic uses of the phrase, a collection of rapping over other people’s beats. PinkPantheress’s Slivers of Dance-Pop Play With Memory Like a Toy 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

“If you don’t judge my gold chains,” he raps, “I’ll forget the iron chains.” Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders

When a rap contest called the #MAGAChallenge took off on Triller, President Trump tweeted that he would fly the winners of the contest to the White House. Fancy Cars, Fine Dining, Creator Mansions, Cash: Triller Is Shelling Out for Talent 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Reed, who starts his first year as a student teacher this fall semester, wrote a rap welcoming his fourth graders to school. Welcome to the fourth grade: Teacher's rap targets students 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

You guys scared a lot of white folks, but at the same time, you introduced a lot of them to hardcore rap. Q&A: Rapper and Documentary Filmmaker Ice Cube 2010-05-11T16:35:00Z

Your Old Droog rapped forcefully, in breathless complex rhyme, and with a sly, mildly scraped tone that to many, sounded a little too familiar. Your Old Droog Performs in Public for the First Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

President Donald Trump as a racist and a reckless leader in a rap video that aired on Tuesday night during the Black Entertainment Television Hip Hop Awards. Eminem rebukes 'racist' Donald Trump in awards show rap 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

“Everybody say you got a lot to be proud of,” he raps on “Downward Spiral,” the opening track. Danny Brown Shows Respect for His Elders With ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

This, according to Vice magazine editor Andy Capper's slavering documentary, is the rebirth of the Long Beach rap hero into a full dread Rasta. Reincarnated – review 2013-03-21T23:00:01Z

South Side’ comes out of hip-hop, out of rap. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Sometimes that skill is used to recognize other great songs… Like in all forms of music… Except rap. Drake Producer Defends Him Against Meek Mill's Ghostwriting Claims 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Quavo was joined by Maverick City Music, a worship group that originated in Atlanta, where Migos helped define the most recent incarnation of the city’s influential rap sound. Loretta Lynn, Takeoff and Christine McVie Receive Musical Tributes 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

“To me, Jason Aldean doing ‘Dirt Road Anthem’ is not rap. Despite hits, no radio love yet for country rap 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

Everything counts in battle rap the same way that everything counts on the stage. Jay Pharoah Is Ready to Play Superman 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

The “bulls---” presumably alludes to the nearly 15 years that he wandered the rap Sinai between the release of his indelible debut, 1995’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” and its ballyhooed 2009 sequel. How does a 45-year-old rapper stay relevant in a genre that feeds off youth? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

On a handful of songs, particularly “President Carter” and “Megaman,” he raps as if something were still at stake. Critic?s Notebook: Lil Wayne?s ?Tha Carter IV? - Review 2011-08-30T22:28:26Z

This summer, the Ruhrtriennale, an international arts festival in the former industrial Ruhr region, rescinded an invitation to a Scottish rap group after pressure mounted surrounding the artists’ association with the B.D.S. movement. Jerusalem Criticizes Berlin’s Jewish Museum for ‘Anti-Israel Activity’ 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

He was known for his “consciousness” raps, the philosophical sermons that introduced his songs and earned him the nicknames “The Poet” and “The Preacher.” Bobby Womack, charismatic soul singer, dies at 70

Earl Sweatshirt doesn’t even rap first on his own album, or on many of the songs on it. Earl Sweatshirt and ASAP Ferg, Hip-Hop Progressives 2013-08-15T16:50:54Z

Then the supers came back out again, and, I kid you not, Pharrell Williams started rapping around the edge of the fountain, singing, “Let’s go have some fun,” and “Let’s go shopping, New York City.” The Vogue Show 2010-09-08T15:06:00Z

But beyond the established pantheon of rock and rap, Blood gravitates to the next generation for his inspiration. New blood: Polymath Erik Blood releases an optimistic ‘breakup record’ 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Over subsequent releases, Loud’s merged his rapping and singing into a more cohesive blend, a style and skill set increasingly valued in modern hip-hop’s post-Drake era. Seattle rapper Jay Loud lands major-label deal, two years after stint in Tacoma shelter 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

Big media platforms have been rapped for not censoring their content enough and some have had to take sites offline. A lady vanishes: In China, a movie star disappears amid culture... 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

“Whiskey sipping, wanna drink the whole bottle/But these smart middle class black kids need a role model,” he rapped on the indignant “Not Going Back,” a compelling peek into the underbelly of celebrity. Music Review: Comedian Who Raps, or Rapper? 2011-05-15T22:06:42Z

Her streetwise crassness and clever wordplay were evident in early tracks like “Gimme a Chance,” where she raps “Even white fellows wanna jump in the hot choco’lit/ Like marshmallows, get it?” Up Close: Azealia Banks, a Young Rapper Taking Cues From the Street 2012-02-01T23:53:01Z

“Hamilton” was mostly famous for rap, but there are all sorts of musical forms in there. 'Spamilton' creator on loving Lin-Manuel Miranda and spoofing his musical at the same time 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

What makes it surprising, though, are the glimmers of wit and self-awareness beneath all the rap star swagger and over-the-top confrontations. TV Review: 'Empire' Ends Its First Season With a Fervid Finale 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

And many rap fans – especially those who came of age with Tribe — are devastated by his loss at just 45. Mourning Phife Dawg: Hip hop lost a legend too young in Tribe Called Quest’s Malik Taylor 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

“There’s a density and complexity in the actual lyrics in rap that takes precedent,” he said. ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ Uses Songs by Tupac Shakur 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

One rap against Sopko could be that he likes to grandstand and embarrass his targets. ‘It’s John against the world right now’

Heller, now 75, didn’t even know who the rap star was until they were nearly partners. How Drake’s $100 Million Bet Saved the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

“This Is America” also won best rap/sung performance and best music video. Young Thug almost didn’t win Grammy for song of the year 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 25-year-old, who grew up listening to American rapper Eminem, began rapping when he was 13 and hopes for an international career one day. Gaza rapper hopes to hip hop to world stardom 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Generally this is mentioned only in the “arts and culture” context, as a backdrop to, say, the creation of jazz, or more recently, the rise of several major rap stars. “No one knows if New Orleans will live again”: A digital diary of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

A judge in Atlanta last week ordered the Grammy-winning rap artist back to prison for 11 months for violating his supervised release on federal weapons charges. T.I. sued over skipping 'welcome back' concert 2010-10-23T01:46:00Z

Malone’s 16 nominations include top male artist, top rap artist and the show’s biggest prize, top artist. Billboard Awards: Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Malone to perform 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Of Mr. Ross’s crew, it’s Meek Mill who shines the brightest, especially on “Black Magic,” a short, frenetic blast of a song on which he raps in quick, emphatic, broken-into-pieces phrases. New Music: Albums From Rick Ross, Cassandra Wilson and Ralph Peterson 2012-06-25T22:30:29Z

"I want everybody to outshine each other. I want the only competition in this rap game to be between them.... We are all our worst enemies in this competition in the game of rap." ASAP Yams' death ruled accidental drug overdose 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

“Sandi used to tell me all it takes is one time/And all it took was one time,” he raps, repeating his mother’s cautionary advice. For the First Time, Drake Runs From His Feelings 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

Kendrick Lamar won three rap prizes: best performance and best song, for “The Heart Part 5,” and best album, for “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.” Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Awards Ceremony 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

His overnight transformation into a rap star, for example, was a breakthrough moment, but it also made him, to some, hater bait of Vanilla Ice proportions. Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

He body-pops, while rapping about how he met this 40-year-old black man in Plymouth the other day, who told him he was unhappy with how the immigration situation had got out of control. The weekend's TV 2010-04-19T09:45:00Z

And if there are any laws being followed on “Blonde” and “Endless,” they’re the lyrical laws of rap music — the songs themselves aren’t about particular things, because they’re actually about everything. Frank Ocean and the virtues of boredom 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Some al fresco rapping from Cam’ron — still a mercilessly precise rapper at 44 — filmed in a Harlem parking lot, prompted by a friend’s nudging and posted on Instagram. Blackpink and Selena Gomez’s Summery Treat, and 11 More New Songs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Looking for more authentic subjects, he turns to a Delaware goth rap group, Young Torture Killers. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z

She switches between hard-nosed rapping and gospel-charged singing, and when she claims “Baby I bounce back,” over programmed beats, her voice says she will. Cardi B’s All-Star Team-Up, and 9 More New Songs 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

“Scream” is an industrial showcase for nimble Taiwanese artist Aristophanes, who raps in Mandarin and is accompanied by coos, screams and what sounds like a marching band. Grimes wages battle with herself on the wild and wonderful ‘Art Angels’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

His association began when Outkast was the biggest rap group in the world, and he learned eagerly within their orbit. Run the Jewels Is Rewriting Rap’s Rules 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

They swing their way through Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” then cheekily overlay Sinatra’s final crooning “I love you” with the “youuuuuu” of Soulja Boy’s rap earworm “Crank That.” A Hip-Hop Dance Crew’s Frabjous Reign in Las Vegas 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

"A doctor who also does rap. To keep my patients happy," says Poncho. CalArts' 'Shelter' gives voice to the Central American kids fleeing to the U.S. without their parents 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

In the bleeding-of-authenticity book, a “white” is cop slang for a killer who beats the rap yet is still pursued by the cop who first caught the case. How Richard Price does it: New York dialogue, only better 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

We see him hustle his way into the offices of Roc-A-Fella to rap for whomever is present, even office assistants, since nobody believed in his lyrical skills. If "Jeen-Yus" is in the eye of the beholder, this film doesn't adequately explain Kanye West's 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Tonight's show suffers an acute case of the muffled mic syndrome that blights so many rap gigs, rendering both rhythmic artistry and controversial hate-quote a muddy mush. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All – review 2013-07-02T18:29:27Z

Was the goal to become huge rap stars? Seattle's first rap group Emerald Street Boys reunites at the Crocodile Saturday, 01/03/10 2010-04-02T01:50:00Z

Over the years, Trump’s been name-checked in more than 300 rap songs. Some famous rappers backed Trump’s campaign. Did it matter? 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

This time, he will serve as the producer of “Bodied,” a satirical film about a graduate student who stirs controversy on campus when his thesis subject on battle rap becomes more than just scholarly work. The trailer for Eminem’s satirical “Bodied” captures the tense thrill of battle rap 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

I don’t sit around and write raps, I just don’t. André 3000 Is Moving On in Film, Music and Life 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Those include the rap, rock, R&B, country, dance/electronic music, American Roots, Latin, jazz and gospel/Christian music fields. AP Source: Grammys may cut nomination review committees 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

The truth: Don't expect anarchy in Albert Square, but if you like sharp, staccato rapping over smart, spacious production, Rotten's your man. New band of the day - Dot Rotten (No 1,001) 2011-04-08T16:28:56Z

I finally wrote a record telling the way it feels for me to be a ghostwriter, and not only a ghostwriter, but one of the biggest in the rap game. Rick Ross Talks New Album, Adele Remix and His Love of Pears 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

With his first project since amicably splitting from the label, the wily rap vet pivots toward dance music with this exhilarating collaboration with East Coast producer Bad Colours, blending hip-hop and house beats. 16 of the best Seattle albums from 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

A brassy Cuban American chick from Miami who sings and raps, Kat Dahlia doesn’t fit neatly into any pop category. Kat Dahlia hasn’t landed on an exact sound, but she has an actual voice 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Haye runs through the tapestry of jazz, R&B and rap on his recently released debut album, “More Better,” which at times ruminates on the pandemic but without wallowing in despair. Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’ 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Kassam, whose press conferences are turned into YouTube rap satires shown on a massive on-stage screen, promises at one of his news briefings that his force will soon even up the score. 'Great Britain' taps phone-hacking laughs, but not for all 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

But the white rapper working on a mixtape where he raps exclusively over the beats from classic Southern rap songs? White Rappers Paying Homage to the Past 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

As Business Insider  observes, Rantic appears to be the hoax within the hoax of this beautiful nesting doll of BS that also includes a fake news site and rap videos about pickles. The Emma Watson threat was an offensive hoax 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

It’s as thoroughgoing a rap album as Tyler has released — rarely has he been this keen to flaunt his bona fides. Tyler, the Creator, an Insider Forever on the Outside 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

The two rap titans were there for West to answer questions about a celebrity-packed Miami Beach party where an unknown gunman shot Knight in the leg. Suge Knight, Kanye West face off in NYC over suit 2010-06-19T00:32:00Z

But Drake and his managers recently asked that his name be removed from the two rap categories, and the Recording Academy, the organization behind the awards, honored the request, according to representatives for the rapper. Drake Removes Himself From Competition for 2022 Grammy Awards 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Memoir gets a bad rap because many of its practitioners treat it sloppily and without respect. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z

The songs they’d write together transcended the rigid, one-dimensional imagery that continues to define the hip-hop genre—they rapped about the full spectrum of their experience—but much of Tribe’s output is mischaracterized as positive. Postscript: Phife Dawg, 1970-2016 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Ocean also won best rap/sung collaboration for “No Church in the Wild” with fellow top nominees Jay-Z and West, and The-Dream. Mumford & Sons, Gotye and Fun. take home Grammys 2013-02-11T05:30:09Z

And the voters might be too square to enjoy rap, much less grasp the wider implications of this music and the musicians who were changing the culture 24 miles south of the Hollywood sign. The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

A frisky performer comfortable with both rapping and singing, she’s broken through most prominently on songs that show but don’t emphasize just how detailed a rapper she can be. Doja Cat Looks to the Past to Make Her Own Moment on ‘Scarlet’ 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z

Goldenrod often gets a bad rap because it is associated with allergies. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z

He was sending a message of solidarity to the people in the crowd — the people whom he’d always been rapping to and for. Perspective | Nipsey Hussle rapped about the broken America he was trying to fix 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

From where I'm sitting, Marnie is getting a really bad rap here. "True Blood" 4x5: Vampire history lessons 2011-07-25T11:20:00Z

The partnership between United Way and Made in America continues the organization’s relationship with Jay Z. United Way New York hosted a benefit concert with the rap mogul at Carnegie Hall. Made in America festival looks to go beyond music 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

Though rap may be a male-dominated arena where women are pitted against each other for an imaginary single top stop, tonight was all about showing fierce support. Megan Thee Stallion Knows ‘Tuition Ain’t No Joke’ 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

As a junior at the Bronx High School of Science, he ran for class vice president with a rapped platform promising freshly squeezed juices for all. A New Role for Madhur Jaffrey: Rap Grandma 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Mosey was already a burgeoning rap star when the song leaked online last year and a TikTok dance challenge accompanying its official release in February got the track off to a fast start. Lil Mosey, Seattle’s hottest music star, joins elite company with first Top 10 hit 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

Urasaki did a short rap, as did her friend, a United States Marine who goes by the name Life. T Magazine: Island Records 2012-11-16T18:00:23Z

But as he is beginning to become a bigger mainstream rap star, he’s not shrugging off the conversation as if it doesn’t apply to him anymore. Jack Harlow Goes Deep on Race and Rap, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Representatives for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Eminem’s rap, which was one of the most watched videos on YouTube early on Wednesday. Eminem rebukes 'racist' Donald Trump in awards show rap 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Here, thanks to creator Jenji Kohan and the show’s writers, a convict is never just a number and a rap sheet. ‘Orange Is the New Black’: Slow days at Litchfield, as Season 3 marks time 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Before his death in 1992, Beck had become an inspiration and éminence grise for gangsta rap. The Fires That Forged Iceberg Slim 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

“I don’t support that, that’s a step backward. I’m just rapping to earn some pesos.” “Toothless Cindy” raps on Colombian buses to make ends meet 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

Although rapping separately deprived them of some creative friction, it allowed everyone to work on their own schedule. One Surreal Night With the Rap Veterans of Mount Westmore 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

The work of Black composers is more often heard if they are working in forms thought to exemplify “the Black experience”: jazz, blues, rap. Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

Some aspects of the event’s description, like “cosmic rapping” and “a dance team of ethereal drag angels,” might not make any sense until you’re there. River to River Festival Heads for a Grand Finale 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

In it, Wiki looks slight but convincing, rapping, “I’m straight New York, what a lot of y’all pretending to be” in a North Face jacket. Critic’s Notebook: Ratking’s EP ‘Wiki93’ Is Thoroughly New York 2012-11-06T22:30:05Z

Similarly, adopting the mannerisms, dress, and slang of black artists, like the white rappers in popular YouTube parenting raps — that’s racism as well. As a white parent, I solemnly swear to never do this 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

“Run the Jewels 2” was the most assertive, confrontational and exhilarating rap album of 2014. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Jan. 30-Feb. 5 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

My friends and I, still in elementary school, took our gangsta rap cassette tapes from our parents and older siblings. Losing John Singleton, the mentor I never met 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

"It was important to explain rap is poetry, not just some frivolous music these guys are doing." Jay-Z: good from the hood 2010-11-20T00:03:00Z

Now the only time I’m really inspired to write raps is if an artist that I enjoy invites me to their party. André 3000 Is Moving On in Film, Music and Life 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

When I interviewed comedian David Cross in October, he predicted that the infamous Oval Office meeting between Trump and rap star Kanye West would be forgotten in 72 hours. 10 best "Saturday Night Live" political sketches of 2018 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

The two spoke on the state of rap music in this turbulent time in race relations, and Farrakhan was glad to see rappers “becoming conscious now,” lending their voice to battling injustice. Louis Farrakhan, rising: With rap’s superstars at his side, the Nation of Islam leader steps forward in the new fight for civil rights 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Cale has remarkably open ears for an octogenarian: He often speaks of “what a boon to music” hip-hop is and, in our conversation, expressed admiration for rap producers like Mike Will Made-It and Dr. Dre. John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

Born and raised in Chicago, Juice made rap music in the Midwest emo mold: dispirited, melodic, cathartic. The Beautiful Vulnerability of Juice WRLD 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

As a result of a collective sense of humor that occasionally germinates as satire, the dudes direct us to a few big questions – questions of rap’s nihilism, questions of its excesses. The Lonely Island Make Funny on The Wack Album 2013-06-14T18:49:47Z

Between ticket sales, ad revenue, pay-per-view broadcasts and app subscriptions, outfits like URL have taken the street art of battle rap and turned it into a legitimate business. The Fierce, Flourishing World of Battle Rap 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Would it be stretching a point to suggest that rap songs’ fusillades of rhyme also owe something to Gilbert? Music Review: ‘W. S. Gilbert and Broadway He Inspired’ at 92nd Street Y 2013-01-13T21:05:53Z

“A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists / Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is,” a defiant Hamilton raps. No ‘Hamilton’ tickets? This behind-the-scenes book may ease the fear of missing out 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

“Thought I was a pop star,” he raps on “More M’s.” ‘Her Loss’ Is Playtime for Drake and 21 Savage 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Rappers rap about other rappers all the time — subliminal insult, direct attack — but rarely from a place of love. J. Cole, the Platinum Rap Dissident, Steps Back From the Spotlight 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

Dancehall moved reggae closer to the American gangster rap scene, led by artists like Snoop Dogg, one the biggest selling American rappers. Reggae making a revival in Jamaica, recalling golden era of '70s 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

But in order to get a peer-reviewed rap album, it's not like I just went into the studio, rapped over some beats and hoped for the best. Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap album 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

He continued his rap career with several platinum albums through the ’90s as well as with roles in films like The Cider House Rules and the Eddie Murphy comedy Life. ?Overweight Lover? Rapper Heavy D Dies at 44 2011-11-09T00:03:43Z

Not one to let his girlfriend Nicki Minaj get all the attention on Twitter on Tuesday night, rapper Meek Mill accused Drake of not writing his own raps. Meek Mill Claims Drake Doesn't Write His Own Raps 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Making one of the year’s most important rap albums just doesn’t mean what it used to. Music Review: Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm 2011-06-22T22:16:46Z

Oh well, what if I told you it featured Fab 5 Freddy, the legendary and endlessly sampled New York rap innovator? Old music: Die Toten Hosen ? Hip Hop Bommi Bop 2012-02-09T09:23:05Z

Essentially, he's less alpha-male and more one of the lads, if such a concept exists in US rap. Big Sean – review 2012-11-27T17:48:00Z

The film's director, Ben Drew, devised his Plan B shtick for the more accommodating world of rap. Ill Manors just wants a little respect for our gangsters 2012-06-06T11:07:56Z

As countless rock and rap songs demonstrate, when a male performer challenges conservative mores surrounding sex, it is typically to announce conquest or issue command. George Michael, a queer guide for the straight guys 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

At raves, somebody would be on stage and I would be like, 'Nah, this guy needs to see me rap,' and I'd try and wrestle the microphone. Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored 2013-04-10T14:50:13Z

No. I mean, I always loved rap music. Vincent Cassel: 'You don't have to be your character in real life' 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

But today more than ever being a mere rap star is multilayered, complicated work. Music: On ?Recovery,? Eminem Reasserts His Core Values 2010-06-21T22:24:00Z

Defense attorneys tend to get a bad rap because people often see those accused of heinous crimes as effectively indefensible. Edie Falco As an Attorney Ripped from the Headlines 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Once a key destination for new rap music and artist discovery, the platform had long lost ground to streaming services like Spotify, with its taste-making Rap Caviar playlist, and Apple Music. Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved? 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

As far as whether or not his nom de rap is clever, I think not. How are we feeling about rapper Kirko Bangz's name? 2012-06-19T15:38:06Z

I feel like my album really hit the rap category directly. Pusha T on winning in 2018, Grammy nom, Drake and Kanye West 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

She raps as if she’s pushing out each line with a vigorous heave. How Cardi B’s ‘Bodak Yellow’ Took Over the Summer 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

I think skin care gets a bad rap because it’s not necessarily a wellness technique, and it does feel like a lot of the time people are trying to sell you more products. Teen Vogue’s editor is a rarity in the fashion world. She keeps it real on Instagram. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

Shachtman wants to expand the boundaries beyond traditional rock and pop; he’d love to be covering the best rap artists from Africa, for example. Perspective | ‘More immediate, more visceral’ and a lot tougher on Eric Clapton: A plan for reviving Rolling Stone 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

Biracial Jewish-Canadian former child actors don’t have a track record of success in the American rap industry. Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z

We did not do the rap, which might be a shocker. Seattle’s Ben Gibbard talks Postal Service live album, new Death Cab EP 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

The imposing, Brooklyn-born rap artist Christopher Wallace took on the identities of The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls and was massively influential as rap became music’s dominant style in the 1990s. Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead field into rock hall 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

After that I was in a little group doing rap music. Stars In Our Eyes: This Season's New Music Talent 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

Block Party was probably most attendants' first experience with his stage show, and it went over quite well, multi-layered dance music and flurries of rapping inciting crowd-wide booty movement. Block Party 2012 day two: Stephanie, Spoek Mathambo 2012-07-22T01:15:07Z

“I have some legal advice: Don’t confess to crime on rap lyrics if you do not want them used. Or at least get out of my county.” Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

On it, he raps with the impunity of a mafia don. Jay-Z and the Politics of Rapping in Middle Age 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Now, I can criticize this because I do listen to rap music, and part of me is offended by what are supposed to be rhymes. Who is Ben Carson trying to fool with his bizarre, insincere rap ad?: “He’s a more refined version of Sarah Palin” 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

He writes that the concierge where he and my aunt were living rapped his cheeks in the French manner — “smack, smack!” — and admonished him to try again: “But you’re young! Just make another one!” A Writer’s Controversial Past That Will Not Die 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

It has reached at No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs and Hot rap songs charts, respectively. Lizzo’s 2-year-old song might still qualify at 2020 Grammys 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

In a song released last June, Jay-Z rapped, “I said no to the Super Bowl, you need me, I don’t need you.” Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi Will Play Super Bowl Halftime 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z

It was a meme in that sense, that it was in the cultural atmosphere and everyone was trying to rap over it. Hip-hop stays current by mining Internet memes 2011-08-16T19:17:00Z

In "My Oh My," Macklemore raps about the Mariners in 1995, which a good chunk of his fans are too young to remember. Seattle rapper Macklemore ready to take a shot at pop stardom 2011-02-10T05:20:43Z

Moreover, in each of those years, the rap decline was larger than the overall U.S. album market's decline. Eminem, Drake lead rap sales surge in 2010 2011-01-07T02:53:16Z

And so began the choices that led to him becoming a conscientious objector to the dictates of rap stardom. J. Cole, the Platinum Rap Dissident, Steps Back From the Spotlight 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

“This is crazy. Two mega-rich dudes dissing each other in the most personal way. It would be like if a rap battle was on CNBC.” Trump and Bloomberg’s Twitter Fight: ‘Like if a Rap Battle Was on CNBC’ 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

One of the year’s signature rap stylists, Remble declaims like he’s giving a physics lecture, all punching-bag emphasis and tricky internal rhymes. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

As for fellow rap legend turned reality star Reverend Run, we'll chalk Run's House up to The Lord working in mysterious ways. Wale's Seinfeld tribute mixtape 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z

This is not my first academic foray using rap. Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap album 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

"Gennie also raps about how the land is being destroyed by mining, the plights of domestic violence, the lack of support single mothers get from the state," Binks said. Think bling as Mongolian youth rap away their cares 2013-03-04T03:50:38Z

Jenkins, who was born in Philadelphia and lived briefly in Silver Spring, Md., Md., arrived in New York just as rap was gaining traction. Hip-hop was poised to conquer fashion. Why did it stop short? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Big Break In November, Mr. Turner uploaded a homemade rap video on cell division as extra credit for a biology class. A Rap Video for a Biology Class Was His Demo Reel 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

And on Sunday, she is up for four Grammy awards, including best rap album, record of the year and best new artist. White echoes: Rap, race and Iggy Azalea 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

On "Otis", for instance, West declares himself "Luxury rap/ The Hermès of verses". Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne ? review 2011-08-13T23:05:27Z

“And if you need the rap lyrics because you don’t have the evidence, don’t charge them.” California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Luckily, most of the show is talk — smart talk — and it proved itself worthy the minute a Rick Ross rap lyric was applied to the plight of the American nonbeliever. Review: ‘Rap Guide to Religion’ Examines Why Humanity Created God 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

Kid Cudi caused a stir last year with a nakedly honest album about his battles with depression, while Lupe Fiasco has rapped about the tension between his Islamic upbringing and hip-hop's degradation of women. Sister Act 2010-04-27T07:13:00Z

But I mean, you got to understand we were rapping in Chicago in 1939, brother. Quincy Jones, master of firsts, arrives to open a museum 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

“Pops locked up so momma couldn’t stop me,” he raps on “1AM,” adding, “And it wasn’t ’cause she couldn’t control us/We was her babies, she just wanted to hold us.” New Albums From YG and Sage the Gemini 2014-03-19T17:52:29Z

Slipknot emerged in the mid-1990s with an aggressive mix of heavy metal and a vocal style that included growling, rapping and singing. Paul Gray, Slipknot Bassist, Dead at 38 2010-05-25T04:45:00Z

Why is this rap/rock “fusion” popular right now? Haim and Tacocat get back to the future at the Paramount | Concert preview 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Some of her rap moves come from Nicki Minaj, particularly the ways in which she tries to bend her voice into different shapes. Nicki Minaj Is the Influential Leader of Hip-Hop 2012-04-01T02:43:03Z

Dej Loaf raps about “girls that need no makeup” and Leon Bridges applies his Sam Cooke fervor to thoughts like, “Don’t aspire to be what you see in the magazines.” The Playlist: Kanye West’s Breakout Star 070 Shake, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Journalism has never been the most admired of professions, and in recent years the rap on its practitioners has only gotten worse. Perspective | What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

“Isaiah’s always performing for me, singing and rapping,” she said. A Song in His Heart. It Was for Her. 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

In the song Count Your Blessings, Nas raps about his son and invokes Damian's father – but Jr Gong doesn't believe the Marley legacy was something he consciously invoked. Damian Marley and Nas: 'We have a lot in common' 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z

Now, if I get a text out of the blue, “Hey, Jamie, it’s Linds,” I say, “Prove it. What was the song we were trying to learn the rap to during ‘Freaky Friday’?” Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan Talk ‘Freaky Friday’ at 20 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

In one sequence, which takes place at night outside a ramshackle New Jersey gas station, Patti gets into a rap battle with some boys, who taunt her as “Dumbo.” In a Body-Positive Moment, Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

After a period of tinkering, he made an unconventional song—one that wasn’t even rap—and promoted it in an even more unconventional way. “Old Town Road” and the Overdue Death of Genre 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

The dynamos pouring forth raps about American history are not really fomenting revolution. Suspending Disbelief in a Savage ‘Endgame’ 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

“Everyone knew me as that girl who rapped,” she explained. Little Simz’s Big Moment 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Lloyd Webber said he was making the character of Rum Tum Tugger a rapping street cat because “I’ve come to the conclusion that … maybe Eliot was the inventor of rap.” ‘Cats’ gets rap twist for West End revival 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Jay raps, a veteran at cutting a disciple down to size. Listen to “Shining,” Beyoncé’s Last Word at the Grammys 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

The latter features a disappointing rap cameo from Eminem, who obsesses about his duet partner’s anatomy. Album review: Rihanna, 'Unapologetic' 2012-11-19T20:57:00Z

For Staples, gangster rap is a cover for a life that isn’t about chains and notoriety but about death and desperation. “Atlanta” and Vince Staples and a New Hip-Hop Sensibility 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

He has helped redefine L.A. radio with melodic hooks and his lush, hedonistic blend of R&B and rap. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

About five years ago Ms. Nabokov’s teenage son, a keen fan of French rap, played her some of Mr. Faye’s music. A French-Rwandan Rap Star Turned Novelist From Burundi 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

When Shy Glizzy raps in that muted trumpet of a voice, you get to hear two things at once: emotion leaking out and emotion being withheld. Review | Shy Glizzy is bigger than ever — but he still sounds like D.C. 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

Or Jay-Z could be rapping about himself and how he thinks he should be regarded in hip-hop, an indirect way of addressing critical grumblings about how he's a better businessman than artist these days. Kanye, Jay-Z head the list of new CDs 2011-08-22T22:12:30Z

So do thousands of fans online, who have elevated him to a folk hero of the rap counterculture. Music Review: Rap?s Pied Piper, Lil B, at Santos Party House 2010-07-26T22:36:00Z

Hart, who earlier called himself a student of rap, says. Ice Cube and Kevin Hart: ‘Hollywood is realising that black people go to movies’ 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

It’s a brilliant concept, written by a man well-versed in various styles of music — it ain’t all rap — as those who saw his first show, “In the Heights,” will know. ‘Hamilton’ and Company: Tony Award Nominees in a Season That Reflected the World 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Yankovic's at his best on his ode to handymen, "Handy," rapped to the tune of Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," where all the bragging is about carpentry skills rather than Aussie bling. Weird Al's 'Mandatory Fun' is a funny sort of masterpiece 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Rather, she rapped as percussion and synths throbbed, "more like a dog on a lead, going mental." Rapper-poet Kate Tempest opens U.S. tour with memorable Echo set 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Her style owes more to jazz than that unfortunate moniker "Queen of Neo-Soul" as she incorporated danceable funk, gospel, R&B rhythm, hip-hop and rap textured with ambitious aural soundscapes throughout. Erykah Badu sparkles, brighter than ever 2010-06-09T02:57:00Z

Teejayx6’s exuberant rap tunes about digital scam artistry are so easy to fall for, you might end up sending him your mother’s maiden name, your high school mascot and your three-digit CVC. Perspective | Best music of 2019: Lana Del Rey sings lullabies about the end of America 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

“You’re not going to hear me rapping about selling drugs or getting shot,” says Glover, “My story is not 50 Cent’s.” Music Monday: Childish Gambino's Camp 2011-11-14T16:38:00Z

He started rapping seriously at 18 and came up performing smaller shows at the University of Maryland. Logic looks to take his career to the final frontier 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Sasha Go Hard started rapping at 11 years old, hitting the Internet jackpot with her self-produced single “Why They Mad.” The 7 Female Rappers You Should Be Listening To Right Now 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Metal pipes rapped with soft mallets rang like church bells and pinged like flagpoles; microphones waved to and fro made the sounds wobble and pulse. Music Review: Yarn/Wire Plays Percussion and Piano at Issue Project Room 2012-03-25T21:49:50Z

He's done the rags to riches to mega riches, he's done the record label, he's done the clothing line and on top of that he can actually rap. Poll: Who's best? Jay-Z or Kanye West 2012-05-18T11:35:20Z

Either The X Factor doesn't know how to deal with an act who can rap as well as sing, or Cher Lloyd just isn't that good. The X Factor: who deserves to win? 2010-12-08T15:25:00Z

The music was scratchy boom-bap hip-hop, in the vein of New York rap before the flash of the mid-1990s swallowed it whole. Your Old Droog Performs in Public for the First Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The influence of grime is built into the D.N.A. of many of those genres, including Afroswing, U.K. drill and road rap. Grime Transformed British Music. A New Exhibition Traces How. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

A native of Compton – the tough South Central LA neighbourhood where gangsta rap was born – Lamar isn't afraid to write songs that celebrate a lifestyle of ease and recreation. This week's new live music 2013-01-12T06:00:12Z

The band in question was Odd Future, an 11-piece rap collective from LA, and they were by far the biggest talking point at this year's event. SXSW: The Strokes, the Vaccines, Odd Future and the best of the rest 2011-03-20T22:00:02Z

We would go get the single in the record store, just so we could have the instrumental and rap over it. J.Cole: "I Don't Want 'Beat Yeezus' On My Tombstone" 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

After a blistering rap, he stood in front of a giant glowing map of Africa marked with the word “Compton.” Kendrick Lamar Sweeps Rap Field at Grammys; Taylor Swift Wins Best Album 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

"I don't even listen to rap," Sam told me a few months ago at a concert. Fall heat #1: "SwimSuits" by Seattle's Stevie and Sam 2011-10-19T18:10:07Z

Beau Lewis, the founder of Rhyme Combinator, is producing animated rap battles that engage with political issues, which will be posted on YouTube. Memers Have a New Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Out of Office 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

A modern-day novelty hit, “#Selfie” is the rare pop song that features no actual singing or rapping, just talking. Music Review: The Chainsmokers Perform ‘#SELFIE’ at Highline Ballroom 2014-04-15T21:37:24Z

And during a 2007 show reuniting Graham alumni, he recited a witty rap in her honor, ending with the line “Now every day on celestial grass / Heaven is taking Martha’s class.” Stuart Hodes, Who Danced With Martha Graham, Is Dead at 98 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

Take Kid Ink: He’s from Los Angeles, but where he really lives is on the radio, in saccharine party anthems full of dubious gender politics and toothless rapping. Party-Rap Tunes, Served Up Light 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

But to the fans who arrived early, huddled close to the stage and chanted “We Want Cole!” — the ones who rapped every word — Mr. Cole was a star, even if only to them. Music Review: J. Cole at Roseland Ballroom - Review 2011-09-26T22:51:03Z

Just a year ago, Big Baby Tape was only known to rap aficionados. Russia’s Youth Found Rap. The Kremlin Is Worried. 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

Still running — deadline Mon-day, March 16: Our contest for a mini-“rap battle” between two figures in history. Style Invitational Week 1375: Mess With Our Heads 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Many of his vocals arrive spoken, working up to an auctioneer’s hyperspeed in songs like “The Race Is About to Begin,” which is not so much rapped as spewed. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

The skull and crossbones were embraced as emblems of defiance, rather than dread, by a series of musical genres, including punk, heavy metal, death metal and rap. Design: Skull and Crossbones as Branding Tool 2011-05-01T16:56:02Z

His later Cabinet battles invite him to match wits with his snooty political adversaries in rap, a language that gives this talented upstart a decided advantage. 'Hamilton's' revolutionary power is in its hip-hop musical numbers 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

Dude has been like a running, jumping and rapping one-man mega-church, even back in the 1990s when he visited my high school. Coach Prime is not the HBCU savior: On Deion Sanders and the money-making machine of college sports 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

Regrettably, the film, almost devoid of music, is drastically undermined at its end by an inadvertently comic rap tribute by the Kansas City performance artist to the “American citizen with Palestinian blood.” | 'Rachel': Examining an Activist?s Death 2010-10-08T04:33:00Z

That's all correct except that Tyson shows up at the end to perform a rap version of "One Night in Bangkok," and you'll really wish he hadn't. The mind-boggling awfulness of "The Hangover Part II" 2011-05-26T18:10:00Z

I have nothing against rap as an art form. Review: ‘Rap Guide to Religion’ Examines Why Humanity Created God 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

That performer is Davied Morales, who wrote the raps it includes. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

N.W.A made “Straight Outta Compton,” but you did West Coast gangster rap first. Ice-T Hasn’t Totally Lost His Taste for Rage 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

This is the first Hollywood film for the 32-year-old Chou, whose fame as a rap and R&B artist is mostly confined to Asia. Taiwan's Jay Chou spices up 'The Green Hornet' 2011-01-27T11:19:08Z

But many people, in rap or not, have persevered with fewer second chances than Kodak has been afforded because of his talent, charisma and ability to make money for record labels and concert promoters. Review | Kodak Black, mired in controversy, is a tough act to reckon with 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

The Bremerton artist sang and rapped over an inventive but hard-hitting production, commanding the basement stage in Kraken Congee as patrons in the back ate bowls of savory rice porridge. Upstream: Day 1 of new music fest brings modest crowds but good energy 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

“Sippin’ lean, takin’ E, Percocets, Purple drank, Xanax, everything sound the same,” he rapped against the backdrop of an animated rapper with slot-machine eyes flashing a variety of drugs and jewels. Review | Joyner Lucas has a heavy-handed message, but makes it look good 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

"What is the result of Afghans being refugees in Iran and Pakistan?" she raps in Dari, one of Afghanistan's two main languages. First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan 2012-10-09T12:17:09Z

RapGenius is part of a broader effort in recent years, both online and in print, to organize rap lyrics into something more useful to listeners, as if rap lyrics qua rap lyrics were utterly useless. Riff: Lady Mondegreen and the Miracle of Misheard Song Lyrics 2012-07-13T18:54:28Z

“I don’t wear tight jeans like the white boys/But I do get wasted like the white boys,” Plies rapped on “Wasted,” last year’s Gucci Mane hit. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z

We knew Cardi as a blabbermouth first and foremost — so hearing her rap gives us a rare opportunity to rediscover all of the melody, rhythm and timbre embedded in our talk. Review | Everything Cardi B says is music 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

His solo characters have included a rapping pensioner, a blowzy country singer and a theory-spouting academic. They Talk About Porn in This Show. Audience Participation Is Encouraged. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

He dives between rapping and singing, injecting introspection, regret and braggadocio over long, woozy, atmospheric beats. Does Drake's surprise album foretell major changes in his future? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

She was talented, hungry and above all passionate; by age 24, the record she organized – a soundtrack for the rap documentary The Show, featuring tracks from A Tribe Called Quest and Tupac – went platinum. 'People continue to turn a blind eye': behind a shocking film about music industry abuse 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

In terms of chart success, regional rapping has been limited to Goldie Lookin Chain and the slight Brummie twang in Mike Skinner's voice. Bang On! The new regional sound of British hip-hop 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z

“It’s weird when I’m rapping under the guise of entertainment, but what I’m really doing is just unmasking and being really raw,” he said the next day. Utkarsh Ambudkar Finally Gets His Broadway Shot in ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

“Too many babies in suits,” Noname raps over the cooing of a child on “Casket Pretty,” about her city’s plague of gun violence. Noname, Still Unsigned but a Presence 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

In the fresh interpretation, with its piercing strings and moody atmospherics, a celebratory weed rap by the Oakland duo Luniz became deeply unsettling. Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

The Rio gets a bad rap down here at the border. With Border Reopened, Crossing the Rio Grande to Mexico 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

A rap song was never awarded song of the year or record of the year until Childish Gambino made history in 2019 with “This Is America.” Beyoncé, Taylor Swift could have historic night at Grammys 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

The Game Dre's other pick from Compton, Jayceon Taylor's star might not be so ascendant these days, but his debut The Documentary is regarded as a rap classic. Kendrick Lamar: rise of a good kid rapper 2012-12-08T00:01:00Z

He might sound like he’s rapping to us from another plane, but he’s still a part of the world we all share. NappyNappa won’t let the noise of the world drown him out 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

He was also known for his guest appearance on rapper Wale's "Lotus Flower Bomb," which he co-wrote, and is nominated for best rap song. After Grammys diss, Miguel returns with 5 nods 2012-12-07T14:49:07Z

At one particularly lively birthday bash, I even took to the stage to spontaneously rap about my condition. Why I prayed for my testicles 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

The stage was already hectic, with group members rapping atop one another and guests dropping in for cameos of varying quality. Music Review: Das Racist in a Concert Focused on ?Relax,? Its First Album - Review 2011-09-13T22:15:34Z

He understands that to rap as vividly as Cam’ron requires work. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-18T23:45:23Z

One of that scene’s rising stars is Lil Xan, a lighthearted young California rapper of Mexican descent who raps in a cheerily woozy slur. 3 Rappers Peeking at Eminem’s Playbook 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

"Life's like, life's just like a tango, tango/ You gotta move that, move that don't break an ankle," he raps. Essential tracks: Joey Badass' 'Teach Me' is catchy and simple 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

Does he think that Frank Ocean coming out is a sign of progress in the rap world? Snoop who? 2013-04-06T08:00:00Z

That album and 2013’s “Old” were equal parts drug-induced revelry and pained reflection on the wild times, manic raps accentuated by his distinct nasally delivery. Danny Brown takes a tour through his catalogue at the Fillmore 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

But rap came to accommodate verbal blows, too. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Instead, its more summery jams reminded us it’s OK to roll the windows down and rap along offbeat. The best Seattle albums of 2020: Critics choose the top releases of the year 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

What do you make of the conversation around ghostwriting that’s happening in rap right now amidst Drake and Meek Mill’s feud? Ice Cube on Ghostwriting, Diss Tracks and 'Straight Outta Compton' 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Slow cookers get a bad rap for many reasons, but, for a lot of busy home cooks, they are a lifesaver. Slow Cooker Central 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

When he was three, he would rap along to Jay-Z songs at home. His Dreams Came True, Despite the Pandemic 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

For hip-hop fans who weren't around to witness battle raps in the Bronx or block parties in downtown NY, hip-hop docs are a valuable commodity. The best hip-hop documentaries 2013-04-25T08:51:00Z

The P.I. sent me her rap sheet, and that’s how I learned she had been convicted of kidnapping and attempted murder. When I hit a girl 2014-04-09T23:00:00Z

Since its 2015 debut in Miami, Rolling Loud has grown into the defining and farthest-reaching music festival for rap, though it has also been connected to spates of arrests and occasional violence. New York Drill Rappers Say They Were Removed From Rolling Loud Festival 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

Despite an earlier effort to broker peace between the Beastie Boys and a San Francisco-area toy company, the legal battle over a viral video that parodied one of the rap group’s songs goes on. ArtsBeat: Beastie Boys Continue Copyright Battle With Toy Company 2013-12-11T18:46:10Z

Those who have been sued include rap superstar Travis Scott, who created the festival and was the headliner, concert promoter Live Nation and other companies connected to the event. Board rules Astroworld lawsuits to be handled by one judge 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

At the moment, rapping for Kokamoe is more about ego than economics. Rapper’s delight 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

And to varying degrees, they’ve imbibed lessons from R&B. Finding someone who solely raps, in the classical sense, in the mainstream is becoming increasingly rare. R&B Blossoms, With Hip-Hop in the Rear View 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

“I come fluttering in from Neverland,” she rapped in “Consideration,” the intro track to her eighth album, “Anti.” Instead of a New Album, Rihanna Drops a Book 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Stormzy is equally likely to rap over a drill beat, spit on a gospel song or croon over a piano: “Excellent rap is not always rooted in the energy and the gangster,” he said. How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

Authorities say rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant as he left a restaurant near Universal Studios outside Los Angeles. 'Suge' Knight arrested on outstanding warrant 2010-12-04T22:31:00Z

It was quite a year for 25-year-old rap star Cardi B. She released her No. 1 debut album to rave reviews. Cardi B, Serena Williams, Pink: New celebrity moms are changing the game by getting real 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

New York rapper Zebra Katz is widely perceived as being in the vanguard of that city's heavily reported but distinctly nebulous gay rap movement. Zebra Katz – review 2013-06-09T15:06:55Z

He speaks of the griot tradition, while the younger Master Soumy embraces what he sees as the innate opposition of rap. Review: ‘Mali Blues,’ Making Music in the Face of Jihadists 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

Homer raps as Poochie when he briefly gets a job on the Itchy & Scratchy show in season eight. The Simpsons mixes The Great Gatsby with hip-hop in misfiring special 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

To belt, to dance, to rap or to mourn? At the Grammys, Big Voices, Pretty Faces and Bitter Truths 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

His 2015 playoff run reads as much like a rap sheet as the heroic tale being spun about him. “The game isn’t the NBA. It’s the American racial empire”: Let’s talk about basketball’s white-privilege problem 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

When I worked on “When God Sleeps,” I realized he was not just a rap musician. “When this concert happened where we had concrete threats, I faced the same dilemma as his musicians”: Till Schauder, director of “When God Sleeps,” talks about Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

One reason people you love your Broadway covers of rap songs is they like hearing you swear. Ariana Grande: If I Were an Emoji, I Would Be 👩, Or Maybe 🌌 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

A song like “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” lingers in a hazy, whispered register before suddenly flowering into a chanted singalong, while “End” energetically toggles between rapping and singing. Chai, a Band With an Ethos, an Aesthetic and a Sound All Its Own 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

I remember when gangsta rap exploded in the late '80s, giving disenfranchised teens on the West Coast a voice. Losing John Singleton, the mentor I never met 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

For almost four hours, the crowd — mostly young men, several shirtless, many with their faces painted — was intensely engaged, rapping along to even the more obscure artists on the lineup. Music Review: Face Paint and (Playful) Fistfighting for This Tribe in Brooklyn 2010-06-15T23:02:00Z

What he raps about, I don't know about. Young rapper's slaying linked to feuds on Twitter, YouTube 2012-09-07T02:43:29Z

At Rock the Bells words were central; performers would stop the backup and rhyme a cappella, the better to show off their ideas: “Capitalism and democracy are not synonymous,” Immortal Technique rapped. Critic’s Notebook: At the Electric Zoo and Rock the Bells Festivals 2012-09-03T22:49:01Z

That underdog mind-set has always been central to the hip-hop ethos, but Wale’s eagerness to stomp and blab his way through these riptides sets him apart as the most idiosyncratic rap star of our time. At top of charts, Wale feels underrated — not that there’s anything wrong with that 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

"Somebody who knows all there is to know about Crosby, Stills & Nash isn't going to know about rap," said Chuck D, who now runs the online radio service RAPstation. Grammys 2015: Diversity wins onstage but not in awards arena 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z

“I’m to hip-hop what Obama is to politics,” Common raps on his new album — groan. Critic?s Notebook: Social-Minded Hip-Hop Makes a Comeback 2011-12-21T19:58:04Z

The mandarins of the rap universe haven’t held their tongues on this. White echoes: Rap, race and Iggy Azalea 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

“I heard what they were saying, and I thought, ‘They’re just rapping poems!’” Pink Siifu, a Shape-Shifting Musician With One Demand: Don’t Box Me In 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

Other members of the rap community posted remembrances of Big Bank Hank on social media: Sugarhill Gang Rapper 'Big Bank Hank' Dies at 57 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Now more than ever, regionally specific rap can make it to the top of the charts in relatively unvarnished form, and Bagg’s wins have largely been on his own terms. A Trip Home With Moneybagg Yo, Trap’s New Ambassador 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

When Jake sent J. Cole 10 to 15 beats for consideration, the revered rap star was uncharacteristically effusive about the one that became “m y . l i f e.” Music’s biggest stars get a boost from Seattle’s Grammy-nominated producers 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Cole has been one of the most respected artist in rap since his debut mixtape "The Come Up," and then "The Warm Up," and "Friday Night Lights" came after. Top 10 rap albums of the decade 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

Stories about Women as told by Men get a bad rap these days–we hardly need our lives mansplained to us. Annette Bening Is Radiant In 20th Century Women 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Billboard: In terms of rap itself, who were your contemporaries when "Fear of a Black Planet" was born 20 years ago? Public Enemy's Chuck D still fighting the power 2010-03-13T03:02:00Z

He first made his mark as a music journalist and critic, covering everything from opera to rap. Jonathan Gold did more than critique the Los Angeles food scene. He defined it. 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

“Music in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu is widely consumed within the genre,” he said, “and we see emerging artists who are rapping in languages such as Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali.” Ranveer Singh Champions Indian Rap. ‘Gully Boy’ Provided a Spark. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

His early records mimicked American rap, but by the 1990s he began to develop a more eclectic songwriting voice. Jovanotti, Italian Rapper, Brings His Act to New York 2012-10-03T22:23:44Z

At the center is Yelawolf, a multifaceted personality and true rap artisan. Alabama rapper Yelawolf releases major-label debut, 'Trunk Muzik 0-60' 2010-12-20T23:26:05Z

The culture of selling face-to-face peaked at the millennium, when fans were turning away from mainstream rap in favour of more independent labels such as New York's Rawkus Records. Street music: Why face-to-face mixtape selling still matters 2011-01-13T22:30:02Z

“But he was like a rap Don Quixote tilting at the ‘legitimacy’ windmill.” Lil Dicky the Rapper Makes Way for Dave the TV Star 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

“Good grief, I’ve been reaping what I sow,” he raps on “Grief,” the first single. Earl Sweatshirt's 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

They quickly turn the opener into the history of SNL in rap. Watch Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon Rap SNL History 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

Mr. Balliett defined the next piece, his own “Clytie and the Sun,” as “a rap cantata for rapper, soprano, harp, saxophone, piano and electric guitar.” Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z

It was in Henry “Big Bank Hank” Jackson’s lyrical wobble, the way he rapped through the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” the singular hit that propelled a movement when it was released in 1979. Big Bank Hank: 'Rapper's Delight' and the Sugarhill Gang's revolution 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Ford was bringing an unlikely mix to town: country rap, combining hip-hop beats and rhythms with country-themed rap or spoken-word lyrics. Despite hits, no radio love yet for country rap 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

Honorable-not-quite-a-concert mention: ‘Hamilton’ The Public Theatre: Nothing else this year, or in any recent year, offered such hope for the written word, the spoken word, the sung word and the rapped word. All the Best Shows, of What the Critics Have Seen 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

“I set this truck on fire/I’m here for every color/Including Black Lives Matter,” she raps. M.I.A. Drops Forceful New Song 'Poc That Still A Ryda' 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

And the hypermasculine world of rap music is being upended by a genre-bending rapper who made the biggest hit record of all time when he was still a teenager searching for his own identity. Lil Nas X and rap’s reckoning over Black manhood 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

This swinging, effective, straight-ahead song, with a few oddball Riff Raff flourishes, fully cements his path from area weirdo to living, breathing, viable rap star. New Albums by Riff Raff, Black Bananas and Phox 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

He offers a smooth puree of urban styles and he raps and sings. New band of the day - L Marshall (No 1,420) 2012-12-20T17:46:26Z

The production on this EP is simpatico with the electronic explosions on “The Reynolds Pamphlet,” which features some of Jefferson’s cleverest rapping. Two Tony-Winning ‘Hamilton’ Stars Step Out With New Albums 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

A Schoolboy Q show is like a family reunion, with Schoolboy playing the role of everyone’s favorite drunk uncle who happens to rap well. Even on a slightly off night, there’s no denying Schoolboy Q’s star power 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

On his debut single, Bob Dylan's grandson Pablo Dylan raps "I'm the grandson of a man / nothing less than legendary," concluding dryly that "that's a lot of pressure". Is artistic talent a family affair? 2011-07-25T12:48:57Z

At its best, “15” is appealing both as straight-ahead hip-hop and also novelty — a rap album made by a rap fan given all the resources of an actual rapper. Bhad Bhabie and Noah Cyrus, Invented From the Ground Up 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z