OPINION: There’s nothing better than a good rap song that tells a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. These songs do that. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Back in the day, one of the benchmarks for being a great rapper was the ability to tell a story ...

A couple of years back, Ice Cube shared some of his storytelling inspirations with Uproxx for People’s Party With Talib Kweli. He popped back into Uproxx Studios in LA recently, this time, to sit down ...

Dallas rapper BigXThaplug killed it at J. Cole’s Dreamville and AllHipHop found new respect for his lyricism. We were not alone as EARTHGANG gave him the ultimate co-sign on the festival grounds.

Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah breaks down classic storytelling rap songs and crowns the greatest of them all - from Tupac "Brenda's Got A Baby" vs. Biggie "I Got A Story To Tell" to Eminem "Stan" vs ...

Nearly 30 years after his initial debut as a member of Marley Marl's Juice Crew collective, Kool G Rap has not let time diminish his hunger for giving rappers half his age a tutorial in the art of ...

It’s one thing for a rapper to tell you he had a fucked-up childhood. It’s entirely another for a rapper to describe, in minute and granular detail, exactly why his childhood was so fucked-up. That’s ...

Jah Rashid, the Cleveland-bred artist, is stepping up the game with his latest project, Game God, set to drop in November 2024. With a career spanning 14 years and a redefined artistic identity, Jah ...

Fresh off his five Grammy wins for “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar says fans can expect further “storytelling” at his Super Bowl LIX halftime performance in New Orleans on Sunday night. “I’ve always ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. One of my favorite things about hip-hop and rap music, in particular, is ...

It's one thing for a rapper to tell you he had a fucked-up childhood. It's entirely another for a rapper to describe, in minute and granular detail, exactly why his childhood was so fucked-up. That's ...