From Kendrick Lamar to formerly young Jeezy, more and more big-name rappers are willing to explicitly discuss their faith on the record
Kendrick Lamar’s new album lands in an evolving genre where rappers are actively exploring their sensitive side
Inspired by 50 Cent, young rappers on the Yucatán Peninsula are rediscovering their Mayan roots—and saving a language
It’s the latest rap conspiracy: Is the legend Nas is rapping under a pseudonym? What that tells us about curating mystique in the arts
East Coast? West Coast? It’s never mattered less in rap where you’re from.
He raps badly, has no story or street cred. How did Rick Ross end up at the top?
Rap Genius founder Mahbod Moghadam gives the works of Drake and Jay Z the Northrop Frye treatment
Rick Ross gets cancelled but Tyga performs
The backlash against Drake is not really about his music; it’s about rap fans growing old
How Baba Brinkman is teaching M.B.A.s
Students explore Jay-Z, Rap Poetics, Religion and Hip Hop
Just as rap thrived amidst the racial strife and decrepitude of L.A., native rappers have found a muse in another troubled city