Rolling Loud New York will be down a few hometown artists. “The above listed performers have been affiliated with recent acts of violence citywide,” the letter read. “The New York City Police ...

Seven alleged members of the Bronx street gang Courtlandt Over Everything have been indicted after “terrorizing” the neighborhood in a series of broad daylight shootings that wounded two innocent ...

A 16-year-old aspiring drill rapper shot stepping off a Queens MTA bus was killed over a dispute with a rival teen, police sources said Thursday — as the victim’s father took to social media to vent ...

The former president brought out Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow, who were indicted as part of an investigation into a vast murder conspiracy. Former President Donald Trump appeared in the Bronx, New York, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Drill rap is a form of hip-hop that started in Chicago in the 2000s before hitting the scene in New York. The music’s subject ...

Sincere Jazmin was only 16 years old when he was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in Queens, N.Y. on March 26. The young man was an aspiring rap artist who went by the name, “Sdot Blokka.

Rap music started off as a genre made by Black people, for Black people, meant to serve as an outlet to express struggles surrounding race in America. White people refused to listen to it for that ...

The world’s biggest drill rapper may spend the rest of his life in bars — and no one should want his crown. This week, Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...