Roots Picnic 2024 Highlights: Lil Wayne, Sexyy Red, Nas, André 3000
Huge crowds gathered in Philadelphia for the two-day celebration starring some of hip-hop and R&B's biggest names
View ArticleQuestlove Has a Few More Thoughts on Modern Hip-Hop
The Roots drummer’s latest work of criticism, Hip-Hop Is History, looks back at his decades-long relationship with the genre
View Article‘It Was All a Dream’ Shows the Early Days of Hip-Hop — Warts and All
Filmmaker dream hampton discusses the old footage she found of Biggie, Snoop, Diddy, Lil’ Kim and more — and assembling it into a stunning fly-on-the-wall documentary of rap's Nineties heyday
View Article‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Executive Producer ‘Begged’ Diddy to Confess to Alleged...
Filmmaker dream hampton says she told the mogul, “What we need is one of y’all motherfuckers to just say, ‘I did this,’” in a phone call and voice note last November
View ArticleThe Fyre Fest Fraudster Is Connecting Trump With Rappers
Trump’s Justice Department sent Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland to jail. Now, he’s helping arrange Trump’s meetings with rappers, sources say
View ArticleThe 50 Greatest Eminem Songs
The best from the bloody, bombastic, brilliant career of the hip-hop troublemaker
View ArticleCommon and Pete Rock Keep True-School Hip-Hop Alive
The Auditorium, Vol. 1 brings together an all-time great producer and MC as a new dynamic duo upholding rap's classic traditions
View ArticleKool G Rap Remembers DJ Polo: ‘He Was a Brother of Mine’
Queens MC and Juice Crew legend remembers his friend and music collaborator, who recently died at 63
View ArticleYung Miami Breaks Silence on Her Relationship With Sean Combs: ‘That Wasn’t...
“I can't speak on these allegations because I wasn't around at the time,” the rapper said on her Revolt TV show, Caresha Please
View ArticleVic Spencer’s Sean Price Tribute Album Will Make You ‘Punch a School Bus’
Nine years after he passed, a one-of-one rapper gets his flowers. Plus, new must-hear albums.
View ArticleMavi on His New Album, ‘Shadowbox,’ and Why He’s in His Steve Nash Era
The Charlotte-born artist discusses his excellent third solo album, a harrowing portrait of someone embracing darkness
View ArticleTravis Scott Drops ‘Drugs You Should Try It’ Video After 10th Anniversary...
Cinematic visual for the Days Before Rodeo favorite features subtle tribute to Virgil Abloh
View ArticlePusha T and Fam-Lay on Cousinz Festival and Supporting Virginia Music
The one-day festival in Norfolk will have Erykah Badu headline, a DJ set from Jermaine Dupri, and performances from Larry June and more
View ArticleHow Pusha T and Malice Resurrected the Clipse After 14 Years
They broke up when a spiritual path called to one of the brothers from Virginia. Now, one of the greatest duos in rap returns
View ArticleQuavo, Ty Dolla $ign Reunite on ‘Transformers One’ Soundtrack Single ‘If I Fall’
New single also features Are We Dreaming, the stage name of film composer Brian Tyler
View ArticleRich Homie Quan Is Gone. After So Much Loss, What’s Next For Atlanta?
With another great artist tragically gone too soon, the bridge to the next generation feels like it's faltering
View ArticleWatch Kanye West Perform ‘Everybody’ With His 4 Children
The West family danced together at a listening event for 'Vultures 2' in China
View ArticleNicki Minaj Announces ‘Pink Friday 3’ Is Coming Instead of ‘Pink Friday 2’...
"I’ve decided to do a brand new album," rapper says
View ArticleSean Combs Appeals Bail, Promising Drug Testing and No Female Visitors If...
Bad Boy founder is currently being held without bail following his indictment on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges
View ArticleDecades Before Maga Infiltrated the Hip-Hop World, TRQ Rapped at The RNC
30 years after using rap music to stump for the Republican Party, the artist TRQ says he thinks the hip-hop community sold itself out
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