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In late April, a Twitter user named @gothamcityrap posted a TikTok video where he danced to Benny the Butcher’s verse on Westside Gunn’s “Gods Don’t Bleed.” It was clearly a stunt for attention, but ...

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From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...

This month sees the release of WWE’s 2K15 video game. Cutting-edge wrestling graphics are a definite selling point for this one, but another is that the game features a playlist by wrestler John Cena, ...

For as long as hip-hop has been around, female MCs have been on the front lines as tastemakers, trendsetters, and all-around heroes. It's been a thankless task, and it hasn't gotten any easier — not ...

I have a lot of admiration for music as a way of sharing information and ideas. It has the power to bring people joy and excitement, to catalyze casual or critical thinking and to incite discussion ...

Lil Uzi Vert isn’t a rapper. “I’m a rockstar / I’m a rockstar / I’m a rockstar,” he declared on Playboi Carti’s most recent single, “Woke Up Like This,” in case anyone still needs some clarification.

Public Enemy’s Chuck D once famously referred to hip-hop as “CNN for the Streets.” But MC/playwright Baba Brinkman is proving it can also serve as an alternative to the History Channel with his latest ...

When the history of hip-hop is addressed, many refer to the culture’s origins in the early 1970s in the South Bronx. The discussion usually involves hip-hop’s four core elements: MCing, DJing, ...