Rap Diego: An Audio Documentary uncovers the untold story of a significant music revolution in San Diego. It chronicles the underground rap movement that launched numerous artists into the spotlight ...

From afar, it may seem ShrapKnel is a new name in the East Coast underground. But the duo of PremRock and Curly Castro released their self-titled debut in 2020 on Backwoodz Studioz, the New York rap ...

Xaviersobased, Nino Paid, Lazer Dim 700, and more reflect on how In The Booth and Song Wars created a new, more crowdsourced vision of rap in just over a year. From its inception in May 2024 through ...

From Clipse to Tyler, the Creator to billy woods to Ovrkast to Bruiser Wolf, here are our favorite rap albums of 2025.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Everybody wins when it comes to the Force, St. Louis' most potent underground rap music collective. These rappers, singers, ...

Alfred Banks has been a steady presence in New Orleans underground hip-hop since 2009, when he jumped on the mic at Truth Universal’s long-running Grassroots Showcase. In the almost 15 years since ...

Last month, underground Chicago hip-hop crew Tomorrow Kings dropped their first album in 12 years, Salt, via Swiss label Buenaventura. They clearly took their time with it, and not just because ...

Hip-hop started as a local movement in the Bronx but quickly grew into a staple among global arts. Today, it influences music as a whole, not to mention fashion, language, and politics worldwide. If ...

It was the first time I had ever seen Black Kray live. One time, when I was 18, I was supposed to see him in Brooklyn, but my friend bailed, so I just didn’t go. I’ve always regretted it. Goth Money ...

Doechii’s “Nissan Altima” emerged as one of 2025’s most discussed breakout rap tracks. Featuring stinging lyricism, dramatic ...

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 ...