Post Malone has been heating up the charts and making people feel a certain way. Some people are all for his brand of music, and others just don’t know what to expect from the 20-year-old emcee/crooner from Dallas. Still, his two hit songs “White Iverson” and “Too Young” have gained him a lot of fans, and […]
The "Freak of The Week" rappers stopped by to discuss rising above gang culture, overcoming the death of Konan's stepfather, and more
My Hip-Hop education has been more valuable in many ways than my formal education. And here are 10 reasons why...
Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, former CEO of Death Row Records, is under fire again as attention is redirected towards a HIV/AIDS joke he
The rap game hasn’t been the same since Chinx was gunned down this past May. Earlier this week, Chinx’s team released a two-part documentary on his life and legacy as a rapper, just after his debut album, Welcome To JFK, was released. To continue honoring the late rapper, his team has now dropped a new video to one […]
Curren$y came in clutch for hip-hop fans last night, dropping a surprise EP titled Cathedral. Led by yesterday’s release “The Plug,” Cathedral features six new songs, a bonus track, and a guest appearance from legendary R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn. Fans went nuts when the 34-year-old rapper debuted “Rhymes Like Weight” in April in honor of the annual smokers’ holiday […]
Gwyneth Paltrow came through in the clutch with some overpriced purses that nobody actually needs because she’s totally down for appropriating hip-hop culture, you guys! Paltrow collaborated with Edie Parker on two clutch designs: One reads HOV on one side and SHADY on the other, while a different version follows suit, reading BIGGIE and PAC on […]
Jaden Smith is all about creativity, growing, and moving up. The Nostalgic rapper has been holding meet-ups for his MSFTS collective in the places he’s traveling. During the Paris MSFTS stop, Jaden let out a stream of consciousness that might be the best ever. The prodigal son wanted everyone to know it’s OK to use other people’s ideas […]
After analyzing some 20 billion songs, Spotify has conclusively declared that hip-hop is the most popular music genre in the world. The live map, above, called “Musical Map: Cities of the World,” displays listening trends in over one thousand cities and creates a specialized playlist for each. Spotify will work to update each distinctive city playlist on […]
The key elements of hip-hop have been well documented over the years, but director Shan Nicholson uncovers the layers of what brought the genre into…
Kendrick Lamar‘s powerful performance at the 2015 BET Awards apparently went over the heads of Fox News and network host Geraldo Rivera, who claimed the rapper
https://instagram.com/p/3Wz6KFxsv9/ The hip-hop world has long recognized the influence and importance of the Albee Square Mall in Brooklyn, New York. The biggest names in rap, including Hov himself, have mentioned the mall and its culture in their songs. The Mall became even more iconic after its demise thanks to a man named Professor Que. He created […]
