Now that seemingly everyone and their momma has rapped over SpotemGottem’s “Beat Box” beat, you could argue the trend has reached its peak and it’s all downhill from here. However, it looks like Polo ...

As the Recording Academy honors Fela Kuti posthumously, it reminds us that culture doesn’t wait for institutions to catch up. 10 minutes ago In an age of bouncy and slow trap-based rap music — where ...

For the past year or so, the great rap producer Kenny Beats has been inviting rappers into his studio for a YouTube series called The Cave. The premise is simple: The rapper tells Kenny what kind of ...

If you ever get a chance to hang out in a room with two or more rap producers, do that immediately. Do not hesitate. It’s amazing. They clown each other relentlessly, and then they get into arcane ...

Big Sean rapped for almost nine minutes over Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West and Nardo Wick beats in his first L.A. Leakers freestyle in a decade. Big Sean stopped by Los Angeles radio station Power 106 and ...

Kenny Beats has quickly made a name for himself as one of the most reliable producers around right now, working with the likes of J.I.D, Ski Mask the Slump God, and Rico Nasty. among others. He's also ...

The rapper teased his long-in-the-making album The Fall-Off with four new freestyles over bedrock rap beats. GQ columnist ...

When it comes to freestyling, Juice Wrld is just different. For his latest lyrical showing, the Chicago artist stopped by Tim Westwood TV on Friday (Oct. 5) in the U.K. for a masterful freestyle ...

Kenny Beats’ video series “The Cave” features brief studio sessions between the prolific hip-hop producer and different rappers, who come in to freestyle over beats that are made on the spot. The ...