Rap Music

Jay-Z Taking a Break From Making Music to "Hang Out" With Baby Blue Ivy
In fact, the rap star has revealed he plans to put music on the back burner for a bit in order to focus on fatherhood. "I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter …
Read more on E! Online

Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with the Gossip, Charlie Hunter …
That song features an appearance by the Atlanta rapper Killer Mike (May 24, Brooklyn Bowl), whose thrilling, kinetic RAP Music, was entirely produced by El-P. The combination of Mike's aggression and El-P's dystopic production results in one of the …
Read more on Capital New York

Chicago Rapper King Louie Went From Selling Mixtapes Out Of His Trunk To A …
The first day of May Kanye West's label, GOOD Music, released a remix of “I Don't Like,” a track by another Chicago hip-hop sensation, a 16-year-old MC by the name of Chief Keef. The song features drops from Chief Keef, Kanye, Pusha T, Jadakiss, …
Read more on Forbes

DMX Focused On More Music, Less Trouble With New EP
Again, and today the Yonkers, New York, rap great is happy that the focus is back on his music and not the legal drama that has plagued his career. "It's a good thing. I wish it was always like that but you can't really worry about what people think, …
Read more on MTV.com