Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music I’ve been fixated on recently. I did not write about it when it happened, but last year there was a bit of a manufactured crisis in rap ...

Abstract: This study presents an interdisciplinary methodology for the Resource Allocation Problem (RAP) in a textile manufacturing environment, aligned with the principles of Industry 5.0, which ...

Speculation has been flying over the past few weeks that EsDeeKid, a Liverpool rapper who performs with his face shrouded around his eyes, is actually the musical side project of actor Timothée ...

Drill rapper Kay Flock couldn’t have headed a ruthless crew that terrorized the Bronx with rampant gun violence because he has an “intellectual disability,” his lawyers argued — as the convicted ...

D.L. Hughley has some choice words for Nicki Minaj after her recent tweets about transgender children. In a post shared to his Threads account on Sunday (Dec. 14), the 62-year-old actor and comedian ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...