Hip-hop has always mixed competition with collaboration, and nowhere is that more evident than on one of rap's most beloved traditions, the guest verse. Emcees appear on one another's tracks to show ...

If hip-hop is currently in the mumble rappers era, don't jump to the conclusion that lyricism is dead. Lyricism is still an important foundation of hip-hop. Yes, some of the newer that have become ...

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Welcome to Who Killed It?, our new column where we rank the verses on classic posse cuts from worst to first. For our first go-round, we took a look at DMX‘s song “Blackout” from his 1998 album, Flesh ...

This month marks 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, so our friends at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast reached out to some NPR colleagues as well as hip-hop luminaries Common, Tarriona "Tank" ...

Tupac was talking really greasy about Mobb Deep on “Hit Em’ Up” and most of the East Coast in general. Few had the courage to respond but Mobb Deep did just that on their first street single to Hell ...

Welcome to Who Killed It?, our new column where we rank the verses on classic posse cuts from worst to first. For our first go-round, we take a look at DMX‘s song "Blackout" from his 1998 album, Flesh ...

Kamal The Abstract’s appearance on The Infamous may have seemed ill-fitting to some, but the potent street commentary displayed in lines like “negotiate the deal with the other money stalkers” ...

What happens when you mix some of the region’s most hungry emcees and producers with summer camp? The answer unfolds in “Welcome to Rap Campp,” a new documentary that captures a 24-hour marathon ...

you may be pushing it comparing the best of rap to sonnets: the purpose of the two things is so different that any comparison is surely moot. but i am prepared to say that it is certainly MUCH harder ...

Photography by: Dexter Fletcher. Design and Creative by: Airen Washington and Susan Akinyemi Verses have always been healing for me — whether it is biblical verses telling a powerful testimony or ...