Most independent rappers don’t fail because the music is bad. They fail because they don’t understand the first 24 hours.

Having been introduced by a mutual friend, Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, Marander and Kurt Cobain had been dating for the ...

Before Cheryl James took on the stage moniker of Salt in the iconic hip-hop trio Salt-N-Pepa, she wanted to revolutionize the world of office and administrative support.

Trump revoked visas and imposed sanctions on Latin music stars as part of a broader crackdown on cartel-linked entertainment.

Amy Lee had no way of knowing just how impactful the song she wrote at 19 years old would eventually become. Years before she ...

Amy Lee had no way of knowing just how impactful the song she wrote at 19 years old would eventually become. Years before she found herself fronting one of the biggest rock bands of the new millennium ...

Christmas in Hollis” almost didn’t happen. According to Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, when Bill Adler, Def Jam Recordings’ first publicist, presented him, Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, and Joseph “Run” ...

WHAT EVIDENCE IS ALLOWED IN COURT. THE DECRIMINALIZING ARTISTIC EXPRESSION ACT WAS PASSED INTO LAW IN 2022. IT LIMITS THE USE OF RAP LYRICS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND GIVES ARTISTS NEW TOOLS TO ...

MARTINEZ — Nearly 30 years after his controversial murder conviction, the life sentence has been undone for an Antioch man whose case was kept alive in underground rap lyrics and interviews. Gabriel ...

Hip-hop originated in the Bronx, serving as a medium for Black artists to express struggles related to systemic issues like poverty, violence, and racism; rap lyrics are often misinterpreted in legal ...

Brooklyn Man Gets New Trial Due To Faulty Analysis of Rap Lyrics Brooklyn Man Convicted In Shooting Gets New Trial After Judge Tosses Rap Lyrics “Expert” Testimony Idrissa Reaves, who was convicted in ...

He’s getting a second chance to beat the rap. A Brooklyn man convicted of helping a killer pull off a 2016 shooting will get a new trial, after a state appeals court ruled that the judge in the case ...