Hip Hop

Rapper Killer Mike has released a statement about what he says led to his arrest at the Grammys, after he had just won three awards.

A schoolyard racial taunt inspires Minh Nguyen's unapologetically Asian rap identity. He hopes it will "interrupt" racism for a bit.

US prosecutors say two men accused of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay were both close to the trailblazing DJ but were driven by "greed and revenge" over a failed drug deal when they ambushed him at his recording studio more than 20 years ago.

The top 10 tracks from triple j's Hottest 100 of 2023 include songs from Doja Cat, G Flip and Dom Dolla. Here are your favourite songs of the year.

Between 2017 and 2020 we were blessed with three albums of fantastic First Nations music, the Deadly Hearts series.

From the Minecraft movie to a juicy Brent Street reality show, here's all the latest entertainment news.

The sagas of Grammy Award-winning artist 21 Savage were reduced to a series of viral memes in 2019, but the rapper is now sharing his side of the story on the album American Dream, which will soundtrack his debut film.

Police will allege the arrested men were linked to a well-known crime syndicate, and had been taking on contract work to carry out murders.

He's been stabbed twice, shot at, and had to defuse wild brawls. But while Brisbane-based Pedro Arroyo's career has not been all smiles, there have been plenty of "amazing" experiences.

The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has issued an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community for his past antisemitic remarks, saying he sought forgiveness and regretted any pain that his words had caused.

B-Town Warriors enjoyed international success and won a national Indigenous music award back in 2018, and has now re-formed to inspire a new generation.

Sean "Diddy" Combs settles a lawsuit with his ex-partner Cassandra Ventura, just one day after she publicly accused him of sexual slavery and rape.

Kerser lashes out at the ARIA Awards over a mistake in last night's broadcast.  

Australian media personality Abbie Chatfield announces she will not be co-hosting the Fridayz Live 2023 Australia and New Zealand concert tour next month, citing sexual harassment allegations against the tour's headline act, US pop star Jason Derulo.

The Netflix documentary highlights the rise of Australia's pre-eminent drill group, and the subsequent police campaign to prevent them performing.

The Texan festival has come to Australia for the first time and is thrusting young artists from Western Sydney into the spotlight.

As an Indigenous storyteller and hip hop artist, Phil "Philly" Murray believes the artform can give voice to those unable to express their views in a conventional way.

After attracting record crowds, the Australian leg of the Listen Out festival has come to to a close with performances in Sydney including by ONEFOUR.

One of the last living witnesses to the fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur is charged with murder, a long-awaited break in a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public ever since the hip-hop icon was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip 27 years ago.

With a new album, the anthem of the year and a major Las Vegas residency, Kylie Minogue is as unstoppable as ever. So how does she keep doing it again and again? The Australian superstar shares that and more while speaking with ABC News Breakfast.

Rapper Eminem this week demanded Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stop playing Lose Yourself on the campaign trail. Here are 10 other instances politicians have gotten the cold shoulder from artists they admired.

International DJ Just Dizle has zigzagged across Europe, the Americas and Africa on a mission to bring a smile to people's faces with his new song Feelin Alive.

Hip hop helps to create cultural identity and brings together communities, but is still widely seen as an American and African American art form.

Australian hip hop artist Ben Jones' music video Flight, filmed on his recent trip to Europe.

Hip hop has just turned 50, and in eastern Indonesia this style of music is not only thriving, but is a way for young people to have their everyday struggles heard.