It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of ...

Let’s take a vote. For everyone who believes that the 1990s were the best years for rap music, raise your hand. Okay, that’s one… two… three… all of you ...

Two hundred seems like an almost luxuriantly expansive number when you’re making an albums list, and in any other genre, maybe it would be. But the history of rap LPs is so rich and varied, we were ...

An artist’s album cover is arguably the most critical piece when rolling out a new project. Whether it’s a debut album or a ...

Tyrone “Fly Ty” Williams, founder of Cold Chillin’ Records, has passed away, leaving a lasting legacy that shaped Hip-Hop’s ...