Berkeley -- A new study finds that references to illegal drug use in rap music jumped sixfold in the two decades since 1979, the year Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" hit the charts and introduced ...

A new study is stating that out of all of the popular American music genres, Rap actually has the least amount of drug references while Country has the most. The study was conducted by Addiction.com ...

As a rap fan, you may or may not know the struggle of having a conversation with anti-rap critics who believe the music has had a bad influence on listeners since it originated in the 1970s. While ...

Since its rise in popularity in the late '80s, rap music has gotten a bum rap. For years, the complaints around rap have been fierce. They also haven't changed that much: the music is said to glorify ...

Listeners of rap are more likely to encounter problems with alcohol, drugs and violence than listeners of other genres, according to a new study by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation’s ...