Created with good intention, Detroit, MI-based Sports Rap Radio has been shut down. “[This is] history-making,” Parker told CBS News at the time. “[It’s] groundbreaking, [and] we just believe that the ...

Young black people prefer to speak in rap lyrics. At least, that's what Ben Carson seems to believe. Ben Carson recently put out a radio rap ad called “Freedom” to appeal to black voters in a ...

The retired neurosurgeon and terrifying/possibly insane human being Ben Carson is running for president in the Republican primary and currently leading the polls. Nobody seems to think he has any real ...

Tito Lopez’s “Mama Proud” has that rough, bubbling with passion intensity symptomatic of MCs too big for their hometown, but maybe a little too ragged to really break through. We’ll see. “Mama Proud” ...

Two of 2015’s hottest records came from cities that rarely—close to never—get scanned for producing the next big hit. Louisville, Kentucky native Bryson Tiller’s “Don’t” gained him instant pop star ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Jason Brown came to Nashville to start his career as the country artist Colt Ford, he couldn't find songwriters who would write for his singing style. No surprise. Ford was ...

Less than 90 days after its launch, Detroit-based Sports Rap Radio, touted as the nation’s first sports-talk radio station completely owned by and featuring African American talent, has come to an end ...

A landmark event in Black history — no, scratch that, American history — will take place in our city Monday morning. And you can listen in. Sports Rap Radio, the nation’s first sports-talk radio ...

If the future is female, then streaming services are wildly behind the times — the big winners on these platforms are overwhelmingly men. In 2018, for example, just three of the Top 25 most-streamed ...

When you don't have to listen to terrestrial radio, it can be hard to get excited about it, especially if you don't live in a big city. Charlottesville, the small Southern college town where I've been ...