A lot of people conflate rap metal and nü-metal, but really, how many nü-metal bands rap? Perhaps the presence of turntables and baggy shorts confuses people, but influential acts like Korn, Mudvayne, ...

Always good for a bad quip, KISS' Gene Simmons is back at it about hip-hop. Here is what he said, but shouldn't have.

I don’t come from the ghetto. It doesn’t speak my language. And as I said in print many times, hip-hop does not belong in the ...

Genre labels are generally innocuous until a person sets out to reposition the signposts. Gene Simmons has come back to an old complaint concerning the “Rock & Roll” Hall of Fame: that the ...

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got ...

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The KISS frontman revealed a contentious debate with Ice Cube, saying that rap "doesn't speak" to him because he didn't grow up in "the ghetto." ...

The hip-hop community faced an unprecedented series of losses in 2024 that left fans and fellow artists devastated. These talented individuals shaped the culture in ways that will continue to ...

In today’s music game, data is the co-pilot. Hip hop artists are using tools like Spotify for Artists and SoundCampaign to decode fan behavior and make sharper decisions. One of the most effective ...

Madison Youth Poet Laureate and rapper Justin Russell insists he wrote his first rap song out of necessity. The diss track, aimed at a sixth-grade math teacher he despised, became infamous among his ...

Imagine Gene Simmons saying this in an era of kids who don't know him! 🤣 ...