*In light of major labels allegedly turning elsewhere to find talent, radio DJ Ebro Darden has urged rappers to get more creative. “I got a call saying …. ‘It should be noted many major record labels ...

While putting together the shortlist of candidates for the best hip-hop albums of 2023, a fascinating pattern emerged: a large percentage of the top records this year were released without any sort of ...

Indie rap isn’t about waiting on a label anymore. Artists fund their music through merch, fans, streaming, and smart business moves that keep them free and paid. Back in the day, being an indie rapper ...

Struggle rappers are now on high alert. Ebro says record labels are now deprioritizing signing rappers in favor of other genres. As spotted on HipHoDX the media personality is back in the headlines ...

Hip-hop is a hypochondriac. Since its first records, the genre has reimagined and revised its own Edenic myth. For every Golden Age, there’s a tin present, allegedly limping from commercial ...

Universal Music Group is firing back at Drake after he filed a lawsuit against them for alleged defamation. After the Canadian rapper — whose real name is Aubrey Graham — sued the record label for ...

(CNN) — Universal Music Group is requesting to dismiss Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the label over Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster song “Not Like Us,” saying in a legal filing that the ...

N E W   Y O R K, June 15 -- They may not clean up their language, but top-name rappers say they'll make it easier for parents to know what their kids are listening to. An initiative to display ...