Waka Flocka Flame brought a high energy performance to CMA Fest, debuting a new country song and discussing country music's ...

BigXthaPlug didn’t set out to become country music’s favorite rapper. When he first heard the twangy, western guitar loop that would become his breakout 2022 single “Texas,” he thought it sounded ...

Texas rapper BigXthaPlug is making headlines after a memorable performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"—and now he's teasing a full country-rap project that's already generating major buzz. On April 23, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BigXthaPlug performs for the Apple Music Live: BigXThaPlug show alongside special guests at the historic Ryman Auditorium on ...

One of the Lone Star State's brightest rising rappers is dipping his toe into the country music game with an album and single with one of the genre's biggest stars. Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the last few years, over a few decent mixtapes, BigX built a reputation as the torchbearer of Texas storytelling rap. He’s got ...

At the beginning of his career, Shaboozey’s interests in country and rap felt like dueling contradictions. He got signed to Republic Records as a rapper, on the heels of his brash trap song “Jeff ...

Over the last few weeks, “Old Town Road” — a strutting and lightheartedly comedic country-rap tune by the previously unknown 20-year-old rapper Lil Nas X — has lived an improbable number of lives. It ...

Snoop Dogg has joined forces with the Zac Brown Band for a new collaboration the rap icon described as "gangster gumbo." On July 18, Snoop Dogg and the Zac Brown Band released their country-rap song, ...

Country music’s fusion with rap and other genres is accelerating in 2026, driven by streaming, cross-genre collaborations, and a cultural reckoning with the genre’s Black roots. Artists such as Bailey ...

After Morgan Wallen, Lil Nas X and Shaboozey, Nashville is going hip-hop yet again. “Oil Money” by Graham Barham is the latest example of a long lineage, our critic explains from the driver’s seat.

Nicknamed "The Mother Church of Country Music" and a National Historic Landmark, the Ryman Auditorium was instrumental in the creation of bluegrass, becoming an important fixture for country music and ...