New Zealand’s New Year’s celebration, is gearing up for its 23rd edition with brand activations and a lineup of artists to ...

The discussion around the Mana Pasifika NRL bid has picked up again after iconic New Zealand-Pacific hip hop artist King ...

Bronx rapper Kay Flock sentenced to 30 years in prison for shootings - His music career was just taking off before his 2021 ...

An icon of New Zealand-Pacific hip-hop is helping spearhead a push for a new NRL franchise designed to reflect and represent ...

This week's publishing roundup features several new deals, including Reservoir partnering with Skatta and Peermusic snagging ...

From comeback albums by established legends to more experimental offerings from the younger generation, 2025 was a marquee ...

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A look at the nominations’ unexpected story lines, including best new artist nominees with unusual paths and the event’s hesitancy around “KPop Demon Hunters.” By Jon Caramanica Joe Coscarelli Jon ...

When Nas said “hip-hop is dead,” this certainly isn’t what he meant. Since 1990, rap music has topped the music charts as arguably the most impactful genre in the world. But for the first time in ...

They’re still number one in the 631. Rap pioneers JVC Force put the suburbs on the hip-hop map with the iconic anthem “Strong Island” in the late 1980s — and their funk-filled ode to Long Island has ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

In the words of the legendary Notorious B.I.G., “you never thought that hip hop would take it this far.” And Wednesday night at Cipriani Wall Street proved exactly that: Hip hop isn’t only going far, ...