Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Tom Ley Israel ...

The rapper was born Gary Lucas in Worcester, Massachusetts, on 17 August 1988 and grew up there. He attended South High Community School in his hometown. Lucas has two siblings. He was raised by his ...

G. Dep shares story of his time in prison for murder to aid youth. Trevell Coleman, known professionally in the rap music world as G. Dep, is best known for his hit songs 'Special Delivery' and ...

West, who goes by the name Ye, posted on Sunday that he was signing off for good. The controversial rapper had nearly 33 million followers on his account. “I’m logging out of Twitter.

Clash rules everything around me. Rapper and actor Method Man, a member of the legendary hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, was allegedly involved in an assault on a family friend at a Crunch ...

LOS ANGELES -- A$AP Rocky's longtime friend and collaborator testified at his Los Angeles trial Friday that the hip-hop star fired a starter pistol that he carried as ...

Cyndi Lauper’s son’s showed his true colors this week, according to the lawyer representing the woman suing the troubled rapper over an alleged sexual assault. Lawyers for Declyn “Dex ...

Rakim Mayers, better known by musical pseudonym A$AP Rocky, rejected a plea deal Tuesday afternoon ahead of his trial. The offer included six months behind bars ...

It was a big night for rap heavyweight Kendrick Lamar, who walked away with five trophies, including two in the "Big Four" categories at the 67th Grammy Awards Sunday night. The Compton MC is ...

Avid Trump supporter Roseanne Barr is making her allegiance clear in a new rap video. The video, from Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald and titled "Daddy's Home," sees Barr wearing blonde braids and ...

Lauryn Hill, Cardi B, and Doechii!" the rapper began her speech. "I put my heart and my soul into this mixtape—I went through so much and I dedicated myself to sobriety and God told me I would ...