Saba and No ID’s ‘From the Private Collection’ Is a Cross-Generational Labor of Hip-Hop Love
Saba and No ID are two legends of Chicago hip-hop, from two different generations. Saba is the cerebral rap poet who made his name with corrosively pained classics like 2018’s Care for Me and 2022’s ...
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Why This Georgia High Schooler is Facing Charges For...Recording a Diss Track??
A Georgia teenager’s rap bars have landed him behind bars after a football scuffle had even bigger consequences. Cortez Lyles, 18, is an athlete at Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga. who is facing ...
Jensen McRae and 10 More Artists to Watch
Meet the buzzy folk-pop songwriter, plus a dancey noise band, a dexterous Dominican M.C., a new generation of SoundCloud ...
Hip-hop exec faces RICO charges for allegedly running gang
A prominent figure in the hip-hop community has been hit with RICO and other charges for the alleged extortion of sports ...
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The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time
Spread the love Rap music, with its rich history and diverse styles, has produced countless masterpieces over the decades.
The rise and fall of the Young Bag Chasers
They started as kids from West Philly just trying to make it out. Drill rap, and the pull of fame and money, left nearly a ...
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Playboi Carti, a rap superstar who's never acted like one
MUSIC is the elusive rapper's first album in five years, but his presence has loomed heavy over hip-hop — and the fanbase ...
One YBC member’s path from North Philly rapper to shooter was accelerated by a brain injury and dropping out of school
Semaj Nolan's music career was accelerated by the growing popularity of drill rap. Then, at 17, he was charged with killing ...
The Miami Times3d
From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...
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Color of Hockey: Yearwood finding his way as rookie in Estonian pro league
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people ...
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THE BOMB | BTS member j-hope’s solo work is a resounding success
As a solo artist, j-hope is the bomb. The 31-year-old member of Korea’s biggest music group BTS, who started as a dancer, has emerged as a fine singer-songwriter in the hip-hop mold. In 2018, five ...