At its core, rap music and hip-hop as a culture is rough, rugged and raw, and this is mainly due to it being born in hardscrabble conditions, where fighting to survive is a way of life. When ...

Some MCs give us fun turns of phrases, others rap words that we live by to this day. We use lyrics to get pumped up, to remind ourselves everything is going to be OK or simply to write captions on ...

Many Vietnamese rap songs feature themes like drugs or sex, largely because some artists unthinkingly imitate their western counterparts. Once considered a niche genre, Vietnamese rap has grown ...