Additionally, some Hip-Hop YouTube series entertain and educate new and old fans alike (e.g., DJ Premier’s So Wassup and ...

Freddie Gibbs is one of the most respected voices in modern rap—known for his vivid storytelling, raw authenticity, and ...

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Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Lawrence ...

Rap music has seen a lot of one-hit wonders, and these three tunes are the best of the best from the mid-1990s.

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To top it all off, a posthumous album from Big L is also on the way, a rare and exciting treat for fans of the Harlem MC whose legacy still looms large in hip-hop history. Mass Appeal is clearly ...

The time has come, my beautiful beat heads. This week's Ear Candy is Lowkey Hip-Hop & Rap. Maybe I'm partial, but plugging into this playlist, copping a squat, lighting one up, and blithely watching ...

The first hip-hop tag came in the late 1960s, either in Philadelphia or New York City—there is some squabbling over this milestone—but New York is inarguably where the new art form would take ...

April 15, 2025 • Surprises nevertheless abound in the top 10, as a vinyl reissue lands cult singer-songwriter Ethel Cain on the Billboard 200 for the first time ever and two artists — Alex ...