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
Critics who call Iggy Azalea a white poser reveal hip hop’s strange conservatism
Inspired by 50 Cent, young rappers on the Yucatán Peninsula are rediscovering their Mayan roots—and saving a language
Relax, writes Martin Patriquin, French is hardly threatened by these bilingual rappers from Montreal
He raps badly, has no story or street cred. How did Rick Ross end up at the top?
From the archives: As another white rapper marches on at the 2015 Grammys, a look at the 2014 outrage over Macklemore
Emma Teitel explains why it’s time for the rapper who has everything to let go
Rap Genius founder Mahbod Moghadam gives the works of Drake and Jay Z the Northrop Frye treatment
They’re Batman and the Joker—no, Felix and Oscar
Maestro Fresh Wes releases a new song, compares self to Pierre Trudeau
Rick Ross gets cancelled but Tyga performs