Back when rappers were dead set on either spitting harsh rhymes or dancefloor anthems, Whodini began injecting R&B and funk elements into its hip hop songs. That style peaks on “Freaks Come Out at ...

Hip-hop and rap have been driving culture in the U.S. for almost four decades now, especially in America. So why are these songs missing from the Top 40? It's ...complicated.

Editor’s note: A.D. Carson, an assistant professor of hip-hop and the global south in the University of Virginia’s McIntire Department of Music, wrote this piece for The Conversation. Last summer, ...