The proportion of rap songs that referenced depression, suicide and mental health struggles more than doubled between 1998 and 2018, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but as far as I can tell, 2Pac was the first. (Okay, somebody did—thanx!) In 1996, almost two months after his passing the legendary rapper’s 2Pac's first ...

Rap has always borrowed from casino culture. From Kendrick Lamar to Ice Cube, gambling references show up as metaphors for risk, ambition, fast money, and the luxury lifestyle artists fight their way ...