When JAY-Z released his thirteenth album, you probably didn't think you needed anything else from the rapper. Yet, when news broke a week later that the physical album of 4:44 will feature a bonus ...

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JAY-Z has just made 4:44 an album even more people are desperate to get their hands on thanks to one certain bonus song. Blue Ivy Carter's freestyle rap lyrics from "Blue's Freestyle/We Are Family" ...

A strategic but unforced shutdown of the conscious mind can put the mouth in overdrive and birth a potent rapper. (Credit: Getty Images) One day in the third-grade lunch room I somehow discovered I ...

In the worldwide cultural juggernaut that is hip-hop, it's widely understood that the spontaneous lyrical improvisation of freestyle rap is the genre's purest form of creation. More often than not, ...

Will Smith reminded the world of his rap background this week when he delivered a very impressive freestyle. On Wednesday (May 23) the entertainer dropped the freestyle on his popular YouTube page. As ...

Freestyle rappers such as Eminem and Philadelphia's Cassidy make up and bust out rhymes on the spot — a hugely challenging art form. Now, however, researchers have learned how the brain does it. A new ...

A couple of days ago, Watsky revealed he was attempting to break the Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Rap Performance and now he’s accomplished that. Watsky has been freestyling for over ...

Red Bull Batalla is the largest freestyle battle on Earth and the rappers are elite. Suddenly, Reverse went in for the kill. He had everyone in the audience throw various items on the floor, ranging ...

Megan Thee Stallion got warmed up for her first arena tour by leaving her rivals and “grown a— men” in flames — and swearing rappers off as romantic partners — with a new freestyle. Megan, 29, ...