Rap Music

The creator of Reading with Rappers is passionate about literacy and plans to keep promoting it in his community.

This weekend's Music at the Intersection festival in Grand Center will honor 50 years of hip-hop. DJ G. Wiz, who has showcased hip-hop through documentaries and kept the music fresh for generations of fans will celebrate the genre with a tribute of DJs.

“The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” opens with a block party and free museum admission on Saturday at the St. Louis Art Museum. The wide-ranging exhibition will run for four months.

North St. Louis County hip-hop artist NandoSTL has been charting his own path to success over the past several years. Now, the hip-hop artist has a deal with hitmaker T-Pain and is ready to take his career to new heights.

The St. Louis native’s latest five-track EP reminds fans to “Remain Calm.”

If you’re looking for Mvstermind, you can probably find him in his studio in north St. Louis County. It’s where he hunkers down with different sounds and…

Two seminal hip-hop albums are now 30 years old."It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" by Public Enemy and "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A.…

St. Louis-based journalist and author Ben Westhoff has written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Vice, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal. He also wrote…

It’s been 35 years since the the song “Rapper's Delight” made its debut on the radio, yet the track still holds a unique magic. It was one of the first…