A decade after skyrocketing to viral fame with his debut single “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” Atlanta rapper Silentó will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to killing his cousin. According ...

Silentó, the rapper known for his 2015 smash single “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his cousin in Georgia four years ago. DeKalb County Superior Court ...

A recent tiff between underground rap promo pages has sparked an impassioned online debate about the definition of “gimmick rappers” over the past week. Most of it is boring and wrapped up in ...

Rapper NBA YoungBoy is now a dad of 13! The “Make No Sense” artist announced the birth of his 13th child and third wife, Jazlyn Mychelle Hayes, on Feb. 22 in an Instagram Story, according to Complex. ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

In 1894, “The Little Lost Child” went “platinum” off sheet music sales in what might be considered the first successful music video marketing campaign. Innovations in aurafarming have taken things to ...