From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...

In our Beat Building series, we're showing you how to produce beats, grooves and drum patterns in a variety of styles and genres, touching on various eras of production, to help you understand the key ...

At Life Abundantly Church in the Deep South town of Conyers, Georgia, Sunday service is underway. Among the 40-strong congregation this morning, like every Sunday, is Xavier Dotson, aka Zaytoven. As ...

The reigning music style has evolved in rapid, anarchic ways -- in many ways defying categorization -- but some patterns have emerged. What follows is a run-down of some of hip-hop's key phases.

Latin trap is getting its time to shine in Miami. Most recently, Farruko, a Puerto Rican artist, hosted a leg of his TrapXFicante tour at the James L. Knight Center with a lineup of artists making ...

At the dawn of the 2000s, there was no solo southern rapper with more clout and respect than Scarface. The Houston legend born Brad Jordan had risen to fame initially as one of the Geto Boys, who ...

Yukmouth, producer Tone Capone, and singer Michael Marshall break down the making of the Bay Area Classic ‘I Got 5 On It (feat. Michael Marshall)’ Yukmouth (L) and Numskull of Luniz pose during KMEL ...