Commentator Aaron Freeman recently spent a couple of hours watching Arabic hip-hop videos. He says that hip-hop is an American form, but that U.S. rappers might do well to learn a lesson from their ...

Digging for Gold is HYPEBEAST’s monthly playlist series that highlights regions across the world and the genres that come out of them. By putting together a mix of essentials and hidden gems, we hope ...

JEDDAH — Arabian Knightz, Egyptian hip-hop musicians, are known to be the voice of youth today, amidst political crisis in the Arab world. Music has known to be the strength and a means of ...

Young Arab hip-hop artists are borrowing the sounds and styles of American rappers in order to express their experiences. But the message of the songs is strictly their own. Some Palestinians in the ...

Looking into the Arab world, there has been a constant and gradual rise in artists taking the hip-hop route. From North Africa to the Middle East talents are steadily exploring global sounds to match ...

Long before streaming platforms, short-form algorithms, and industry-backed playlists pushed Arabic hip-hop toward mainstream visibility, rap culture across the Gulf region existed almost entirely ...

In a compelling interview on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Suhel Nafar, a visionary in Arab hip-hop and head of Empire Records’ West Asia, North Africa, and Diaspora division. As a ...

In a compelling interview on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Suhel Nafar, a visionary in Arab hip-hop and head of Empire Records’ West Asia, North Africa, and Diaspora division. As a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. Iconic rap stars Ice-T, Arabian Prince and Tommy the Animator ...

MTV Arabia officially announced today a lineup with a big focus on hip-hop and user-generated content. The keenly awaited joint venture between MTV Networks and Dubai-based multimedia shingle Arab ...

If Bobby Deol had Jamal Kudu, Akshaye Khanna now has Fa9la. The song has unexpectedly become the heartbeat of Dhurandhar, thanks to Akshaye's fierce, arresting entry sequence that has taken social ...