This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

Intoning “Didi, O Didi” had flopped in 2021. On Monday, “da” failed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament. Modi had initiated the Lok Sabha debate to mark 150 years of Vande Mataram by referring ...

This week's Latin Remix of the Week blends Colombian reggaetón flair with Danish hip-hop to kick off the new year.

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Timothée Chalamet is making Kylie Jenner his muse. After fueling internet rumors that he had secretly taken up the rap alter-ego EsDeeKid, the Marty Supreme actor put the speculation to rest by making ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dances to an electronic remix of him saying, in English, “No crazy war.” Photo: ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

The viral entry song featuring Akshaye Khanna in Dhurandhar has done more than set the tone for the film; it has introduced Indian audiences to Flipperachi, a pioneering voice in Khaleeji hip-hop from ...