COMPTON -- His name is Jason Martin. But most people know him by his stage persona, "Problem." Initially, it was just a cool rap name. Today, at 35, he's lives by his motto: Do what's right. Problem ...

So, the trick to finally turning transcendently spare, Bay Area hip-hop into the actual next big thing is not branding it as city-specific? Blame and thank Los Angeles producer DJ Mustard’s “ratchet ...

Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit. The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But ...

If you’ve been reading the latest in the endless cycle of complaints about rap music’s pernicious influence — Google’s colossal waste of time, “Hip-Hop On Trial,” from last month; or Touré’s ...

Hailing from the streets of Compton, Calif., where young men are faced with dire problems on a daily basis, one would think that rapper Problem would have a hard exterior and invites conflict. I mean, ...

Across the continent, performers have dabbled in Holocaust denial, anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and threats against “Zionists.” (JTA) — On a warm summer day in Oslo last year, Kaveh Kholardi ...

(ATLANTA, Ga.) — There’s renewed concern about an uptick in violence in the entertainment industry. It comes after the shocking death of popular rapper and Gwinnett County native Takeoff, one-third of ...

Nineties West Coast pioneer DJ Quik has experienced a late-career renaissance on the strength of solo albums like 2011’s The Book of David and 2014’s The Midnight Life, as well as collaborative ...

Cordae is a good rapper. Cordae has always been a good rapper, and “good rapper” has always been Cordae’s chief sales pitch. When Cordae first emerged from internet obscurity three and a half years ...

ATLANTA — There’s renewed concern about an uptick in violence in the entertainment industry. It comes after the shocking death of popular rapper and Gwinnett County native Takeoff, one-third of the ...