CHICAGO - When David Kelly - aka "Capital D" - raps, he doesn't follow the mainstream mantra of women, cars and jewelry. Instead, the Chicago rapper uses his rhymes to dish out praise for Allah, ...

UK rap and hip-hop have come a long way. In 1999, it accounted for just 3.6 percent of all singles purchased in Britain but in 2020, that figure rose to 22 percent. For a long time, it seemed like UK ...

The song is called "Hellfire," and it begins with synthesized thumps -- a haunting, street-spawned sound that could open any number of raps about racial discontent or violence. But listen to the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British singer Sami Yusuf is not exactly sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, instead writing songs about topics as alien to rock music as the Beslan school massacre in Russia and the ...