Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary two years ago, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business and law of music. Two men were convicted in federal court on Tuesday in Brooklyn of murdering Jason ...

The debut documentary by editor J.M. Harper ('Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy') focuses on the the U.S criminal justice system's reliance on hip-hop songs to provide evidence against defendants. By Jordan ...

From protest anthems to love ballads, these Grammy-winning songs defined their eras. Discover the stories behind each win and what made them stand out on REVOLT.

“Talking to my shadow, he advised me not to worry / Said I should plant my tree and let it rise out of the fury” Slug of Atmosphere is all about positivity, and on the title track of the duo’s second ...