A new study finds that references to illegal drug use in rap music jumped sixfold in the two decades since 1979, the year Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” introduced rap to a mainstream audience
“This trajectory in rap music raises a number of red flags,” said Herd, University of California’s Denise Herd. “Rap music is especially [...]

Congress is considering a bill that would reduce the number of electronic music concerts, and keep promoters from hosting raves and other electronica concerts.
If enacted, the Ecstasy Awareness Act would throw people in jail who organize raves or similar electronic dance events if some of their customers used drugs.
This is one more way electronica is [...]