Freestyle beat music grew from the raw energy of Bronx block parties, fueled by Afro-Caribbean creativity and limited resources. Innovators like DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash transformed ...

Big Sean rapped for almost nine minutes over Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West and Nardo Wick beats in his first L.A. Leakers freestyle in a decade. Big Sean stopped by Los Angeles radio station Power 106 and ...

For the past year or so, the great rap producer Kenny Beats has been inviting rappers into his studio for a YouTube series called The Cave. The premise is simple: The rapper tells Kenny what kind of ...

Bronx rapper DreamDoll is back! After recently giving birth to her first child, DreamDoll has returned to remind us all that ...

Ten years after his run helped define a generation’s summer, Fetty Wap returns with Zavier, a more reflective, evolved sound and a chance to tap back into something people have been wanting to feel ...

If you ever get a chance to hang out in a room with two or more rap producers, do that immediately. Do not hesitate. It’s amazing. They clown each other relentlessly, and then they get into arcane ...

Meek Mill is ready for his official return to the mainstream music scene, as the "Whatever You Need" rapper's third studio album, Wins & Losses, dropped today (July 21). The Philadelphia native has ...

Joyner Lucas paid Hot 97 a visit to drop a freestyle for Funk Flex, which saw the rapper spit bars in forward and reverse over beats from Nas and Biggie.

The bassist grabbed the mic for the latest episode of The Cave. Kenny Beats' biweekly YouTube series "The Cave" is one of the best running series in rap. Guests range from established MCs like Freddie ...

Young Thug has shared yet another snippet from the studio as he keeps the work going on his "singing album" Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls (E.B.B.T.G). This time Thugger improvises a beat while ...

Kenny Beats’ video series “The Cave” features brief studio sessions between the prolific hip-hop producer and different rappers, who come in to freestyle over beats that are made on the spot. The ...