Writer Shea Serrano discusses picking the most important rap song of every year since 1979 for his stunning illustrated history, The Rap Year Book. Rap music was probably not the most obvious choice ...

They may not be Big Boi and Andre 3000 (or even Matisyahu), but to the kids at Jewish day schools and camps who get to rap with Matt Bar and Ori Salzberg, these young Jewish educators are hip-hop ...

Rap-A-Lot founder, J. Prince, remembers the Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill and touches on why he was "almost like a bible scholar." By Carl Lamarre On Sunday (June 9), Houston rap staple, Geto Boys, lost ...

If rap lyrics like “Real G’s move in silence like lasagna” stump you, check out Rap Genius. The crowdsourced hip-hop lyrics explanation site will inform you that Lil Wayne is describing how skilled ...

It doesn't take a lot to get a group of 7th grades to perform for a camera, especially when it's their own song that is now available around the world. The seventh grade class at Tyler's Grace ...

It might seem, on the surface, that religion and rap (the music, not the knock, or the sandwich), have little in common: One is solemnly sacred; the other raucous and some times profane. However, two ...

It’s Saturday night in Jerusalem’s Talbieh neighborhood, and a crowd of 50 is gathered to hear Matt Bar rap about the Bible. The lanky Iowa City native has achieved a kind of celebrity among young ...

A central goal of the current World Synod of Bishops in Rome is to encourage Catholics, and other Christians, to read the Bible more frequently. In this video send-up of a hit by rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot, ...