In Black Hole Superette, Aesop Rock relies on personification in his lyrics, switching between outrageous boasts and mordant ...

Long before Kneecap were drawing the wrath of the British establishment, Tyler, the Creator had a claim to the title of most controversial name in rap.

In the Houston housing project where he grew up, George Floyd was respected as a man who spoke from hard, but hardly ...

In 2005, two Chicagoans made a generational classic and then sprinted in opposite directions, each daring the rest of hip-hop ...

Kid Cudi has wrapped up his testimony in the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The rapper and actor ...

Hip-hop beat-makers ... as set designers for rap’s theatre of flamboyance. In this way, they are diametrically opposed to rappers, who plow into the foreground and draw the eye.

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For years, there’s been more than a few in the Hip-hop community to ... there’s been a new crop of rappers who proudly back the former president. What is the draw? Is it his policies?

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Most importantly, it cemented Jeriq as not just a rapper, but a bold hip ... enough flashy appeal and grassroots draw to evolve into an iconic annual hip-hop pilgrimage.” ...