Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World

Dr. Todd Boyd’s thorough history of hip hop starts in the 1970s and shares how it has become central to music and American history, impacting nearly every aspect of pop culture since …
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Dr. Todd Boyd’s thorough history of hip hop starts in the 1970s and shares how it has become central to music and American history, impacting nearly every aspect of pop culture since …
Immediately infectious percussion opens “FOLDED,” a new track by Planet Giza (aka Canadian trio Rami B, Tony Stone and DoomX) that appears on their recently released album Ready When You Are. The track …
When musician and activist Ric Wilson got together with DJ and producer A-Trak as well electric-funk duo Chromeo—aka David “Dave 1” Macklovitch (who happens to be A-Trak’s brother) and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel—their …
Sparse, atmospheric production opens “Stone Soup,” the sixth track from Mourning Due, the new LP from Oakland-born rapper Nappy Nina. As the artist trades lyrical, relaxed raps with musician and activist Moor Mother, …
David Jolicoeur, who performed as Trugoy the Dove with seminal hip-hop group De La Soul, has sadly passed away at 54 years old. Rapping in a leisurely, thoughtful and soft-spoken manner, Trugoy …
In collaboration with Mass Appeal, the photography museum celebrates the worldwide cultural phenomenon
A Senegalese ekonting recording, a soulful song inspired by Virgil Abloh, featherweight vocals on gentle cello and more
Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa teams up with singer and musician Thundercat and R&B vocalist Maeta for the glorious “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.” Produced by Mensa, Thundercat, El Michels Affair and Johan Lenox, the …
Mellow hip-hop, '80s-inflected R&B, a stirring ballad and more new music
Maryland-raised rapper Cordae taps Anderson .Paak and J. Cole for the jazzy “Two Tens.” Apparently the track is one of many by the trio, as the artist told Zane Lowe recently, “We …