With his alter ego, Slim Shady, he revolutionized rap with his complex rhyme schemes, controversial lyrics, and unmatched technical skills, making him the best-selling hip-hop artist of all time.

Indeed, here below are three songs that explain rap in the 1980s. After rap music’s salad days in the late 1970s and into the first few months of 1980, it was Run-DMC who pushed the style further.

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He begins the rap with, “Drake elimination ... In his record-breaking song, Not Like Us, the 37-year-old accuses the Hotline Bling crooner of being a paedophile. Fans unimpressed by Drake's ...

Released on Valentine’s Day, Some Sexy Songs 4 U mixes rap and R&B in a patented Drake style across 21 tracks and 74 minutes, although the album dips into guitar-strummed pop on Die Trying ...

a rap beef, I'm tryna get the party lit." Elsewhere in the song, Drake thanks those who have been loyal to him. "I appreciate the fans rocking with me/ This is really just a small token," he raps ...

In bleak photos shared proudly by the presidency of El Salvador, rows of stripped and shaved prisoners, distinguished only by ...

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

This is a time for great rejoicing and liturgical renewal. The official version of the Roman Missal is called the Latin Typical Edition. In 2002 the Holy See approved the Third Typical Edition of ...

Drake has responded to the Kendrick Lamar rap beef in a new song from his collaborative album with PARTYNEXTDOOR called $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. 'Gimme a Hug' from the ...