Technically, Up My Standards is a mixtape, but it sounds more like one long radio freestyle. The only moments where Philly’s ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Nicki Minaj’s superstar run comes into focus through ten songs that forged her legacy, capturing the ambition and fire that ...

A Boston kid became a Hollywood actor and an underground rap legend, then watched it all disappear. Now he’s returned to the ...

Long before the tours and the plaques, these faces were filed under a yearbook, just like everyone else. There were no chains or stage lights, just a name under a square and a hint of who they would ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...

There are some producers who have been in my life forever, even if I never realized it. Mr. Collipark is one of those guys. I had never thought that deeply about his contributions to Southern rap ...

It's been 11 years since the first Destiny game, and though it's been a tumultuous time for Bungie's original IP, I have fond memories of it. While I don't believe anything after the Light and ...

Season two of the Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animated series Shape Island premieres exclusively on Apple TV+ Friday, Aug. 29. Based on the internationally bestselling Shapes picture book trilogy ...

Dr. A.D. Carson, the professor who defended a rap album as his Ph.D. dissertation, is redefining Hip-Hop as both scholarship and culture. Bars and Books! Hip-Hop has always been a culture of ...

Artists like Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator are pulling in huge audiences on the road, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again is preparing for his first-ever tour. By Ross Scarano Live music has been ...