In the past few years, gaming and creator culture have become an increasingly prominent part of the rap world. Think of the growing presence of Twitch streamers, or Ericdoa’s viral “Ninja Taper Fade” ...

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. Producers are just as (if not more) important than MCs on a track. As much as fans care ...

In the 2010s, a hoard of bold, genre-bending artists helped shift rap music into a more melody-driven genre. By the mid-2010s, many hip-hop fans didn’t know what to make of Young Thug’s incoherent, ...

High school sophomore Vikas Prasad has one main goal: score a production placement with a major rap artist before the end of the school year. When he’s not in class, the 16-year-old spends most of his ...

As the legendary DJ Premiere once said, “Hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different. And to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.” Rap music ...

Kanye West, now Ye, is not only a rapper but something more, he has transformed the soundscape of modern music. Years before ...

The FADER’s longstanding series Beat Construction interviews today's most crucial producers and their craft. No, you don’t have music playing from two apps at once, and yes, your Internet connection ...

Daniel Hartnett, known by his producer alias The Corporatethief Beats, has built an impressive brand as a hip-hop music producer and music marketing expert since 2010. As the founder of the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — What was once a bare room inside Plaza Academy is now the place The Beat Academy calls home. The Beat Academy is a hip hop production class created by Justin Gillespie, who's been a ...

Artificial intelligence is quietly shifting how rap and beatmaking happen. Generative tools are speeding up experimentation, lowering barriers to entry, and raising new questions about authorship, ...

The past, present, and future of hip-hop came united in one glorious celebration on Feb. 5, when the 65th Annual Grammy Awards paid tribute to 50 years of hip-hop, and DJ Jazzy Jeff had one of the ...

LOS ANGELES — Shane Lindstrom, an easygoing 24-year-old from the undistinguished Canadian side of Niagara Falls, cuts a curious figure for a rap-world star. He has a young man’s beard, fuller off the ...