A pair of California rappers have been named to this year’s XXL Freshman Class. The hip-hop and rap-oriented outlet has been publishing their Freshman Class list – which honors 10 to 12 up-and-coming ...

While teaching a course at MIT last spring, rap luminary and Renaissance man Lupe Fiasco refined his unifying theory of the musical genre. Lupe Fiasco is a multiplatinum rap legend who typically ...

Don Toliver, a Travis Scott signee who quickly defined his own lane, takes his half-sung raps to colorful new realms on HARDSTONE PSYCHO. Two new albums from artists floating around in that sphere, ...

Earlier this month, eager Hip-Hop fans had the chance to sail to the Bahamas via Norwegian Cruise Line for the third annual ...

In August, Detroit rapper Teejayx6 made his way to California for his first Los Angeles concert, at Rarehouse. In videos from the event, he lumbers around the stage, head down, clutching his ...

A Bronx native, Mickey Factz’s life revolves around the boom-bap beats of the revered hip-hop tradition. As a lyricist and ...