Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during a government meeting this weekend that he would seek to “take charge and guide” the content of rap and hip-hop music, lamenting that banning the genre complete was “impossible.”
French rapper Nick Conrad could be facing charges of hate speech after releasing a new song in which he advocated for the hanging of white people and the killing of white babies.
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain issued arrest warrants Thursday for a Spanish rapper sentenced to prison for lyrics that praised terror groups and insulted the royal family.
“I don’t know of any conversation that they’ve had over the last week or so,” Sanders said. “I’ll keep you posted if that changes any time.”
Posters advertising the hashtag #KANYE2024, a photo of rap superstar Kanye West, and the slogan “Keep America Great” are popping up all across America, according to various news reports.
The Chinese Communist Party publication People’s Daily debuted an animated rap music video on Thursday celebrating the reforms of the National People’s Congress, warning viewers in cartoon form that “we must fully and strictly implement the party discipline.”
Aging rapper Eminem told music manager Paul Rosenberg in an interview that a “f**king turd would have been better as president” than President Trump, according to Billboard.
China’s state media outlets have launched a new initiative to promote “rap with Chinese characteristics” after popular Chinese rapper PG One was forced to apologize this week for releasing songs that did not promote “core values” in the communist dictatorship.
YouTube stars Diamond and Silk made a hilarious video in response to rapper Eminem’s freestyle roast of President Trump at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
President Donald Trump argued that there was a cultural double standard, after rapper Snoop Dogg released a video of him pulling a gun on a man in clown makeup who looked like Donald Trump.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Wednesday that he was ordering the Pentagon to suspend its efforts to take back cash bonuses for re-enlistment that were paid to thousands of soldiers from the California National Guard serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fox News reported.
A bipartisan wrecking ball encompassing both of California’s U.S. Senators and the state’s entire Congressional delegation is crying foul over the Pentagon’s effort to rescind tens of millions of dollars in National Guard enlistment bonuses.
About 10,000 California Army National Guard members have been ordered to return enlistment bonuses of $15,000 or more they accepted from military recruiters that committed fraud at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
TEL AVIV – South African rap duo, Die Antwoord, is being pressured by the boycott Israel movement to cancel its upcoming concert in Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The makers of the world’s most embarrassing ever pop albums now have some serious competition. A Canadian rapper called Baba Brinkman is crowdfunding a “scientifically peer-reviewed” record on climate change with which he hopes to defeat sceptics through the medium
Four years after naming a popular song after Donald Trump, rapper Mac Miller is again throwing shade at the Republican presidential frontrunner.
First Lady Michelle Obama is featured in a new rap video about the importance of going to college, even lending her voice to part of the track.
In an effort to reach young black voters, GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is rolling out a new rap ad in a number of nationwide urban communities, ABC News reports.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s daughter Ashley may be a budding rapper now, but her father is nixing any mention of the “n-word” from his daughter’s songs.
Rapper Busta Rhymes was arrested and charged with assault at a New York City gym Wednesday night after he allegedly threw a protein shake at a gym employees head, reports Rolling Stone.
Two people were killed and five injured, three critically, after a pair of shootings outside rap concerts in Toronto and Holmdel, New Jersey late Monday night into Tuesday.
“My rapping skills are terrible, that’s one thing I can’t do is rap,” he said to the group, as he prepared to give the microphone back to rapper Wale, who performed at the event. “I like rap, but cannot rap,” Obama said.
Rapper Pitbull has, according to Univision’s Jorge Ramos, promised the Mexican-born television personality that he won’t stay at any Trump hotels.
Musicians today are living and working in a time where it’s never been easier to record music; digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Ableton and Logic cost just a few hundred bucks, and simple microphones and interfaces can be gotten off
Although she falsely accused a man of raping her, and refuses to protect other women by filing charges against her rapist, Lena Dunham was still honored by Variety as a sexual assault role model over the weekend. During her speech,
Gangster rap artist Webbie spent Easter Sunday sitting in the pews of a Louisiana church, and decided to get baptized after he said he felt convicted by God.
Newark, New Jersey, police are investigating a complaint that rapper DMX helped rob one of his own fans at gunpoint in the city early Sunday morning.
Rapper Afroman, best known for his 2001 single “Because I got High,” was arrested in Biloxi, Miss. on Tuesday night for punching a female fan in the face.
