A fatal shooting earlier this month at St. Paul’s Raspberry Island happened after a dispute between rival gang members over a rap song, newly filed charges state. Ramsey County prosecutors formally ...

New Jersey has charged 15 people in the takedown of a violent street gang accused of bragging about murders in rap music videos. The members of the Trenton-based gang are responsible for crimes that i ...

If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice’s “Pazz & Jop” ...

Gangsta music has been in the offing since the mid-80s, with the earliest pioneers said to be Schoolly D, Ice-T and N.W.A. In the early 90s, the sub-genre became mainstream with the likes of Dr Dre ...

To everyone worried that UChicago will remain a nerd school until the end of time, fear not—Forrest Stuart, a UChicago professor in the Sociology Department, was recently interviewed by music media ...

NEW YORK — New York Police Department officers trying to get a handle on the spate of gun violence plaguing neighborhoods across the city have run up against a special brand of warfare inflamed by ...

His goes by the name “Izo 5 Segonn” — Izo Five Seconds — and he rules one of Haiti’s poorest slums and most notorious kidnapping lairs, Village of God, where five Haitian police officers were killed ...

In 1979 the rap group Sugarhill Gang was formed, and in that same year, they became one of the most talked about groups in the genre of hip-hop. Their hit song “Rapper’s Delight” was released that ...

With a blockbuster case set to begin, the superstar rapper sits at the intersection of complex questions about art, crime and the criminal justice system. Credit...Illustration by Chris Burnett; ...

ATLANTA -- Young Thug is a burgeoning rapper known for pushing the envelope, both musically and as a fashion icon. He became an influential voice in his generation of artists -- blowing up on the ...