Editors Picks

Whatever happened to the places that helped shape hip-hop?

Brace yourselves for the ultimate butterfly effect.

For BROCKHAMPTON, growing up meant making more reflective, honest music.

“There’s a reason why all these people can be in one room.”

After hearing what Andrew Dawson did to each album he mixed, you might develop a newfound appreciation for some of your favorite records.

”The timing couldn’t be more perfect.”

“Show & Prove” is a testament to the camaraderie that helps push emcees to greater heights.

You have to listen to understand.

Hip-hop doesn’t expect artists to be good; hip-hop demands they are golden.

As the commonwealth clamors with questions, its public figures must remain indebted to its survival and reparation.

Rapsody is wisdom; wisdom is Rapsody.

Imagine Kanye in a Mickey Mouse costume playing the opening piano keys of "Runaway."

“I’m not gonna write a song in Spanish unless I feel like I can properly describe my feelings in Spanish.”

Tay-K has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for his role in a 2016 murder. But we keep on dancing.

“I don’t think he realizes how much of my life he got me through.”

In the Loop Digga I trust.

On ‘LEGACY! LEGACY!,’ Jamila Woods transforms self-love into a series of wonderfully constructed odes.

The year is 2019 and these are your pop stars.

French hip-hop found its raison d’être in vociferous social criticism.

Who would we put on the XXL freshman cover? Let's find out.

The Toronto Raptors global ambassador missed an easy layup.

In Drake, rap fans found a new, more “relatable” figure.

“In my view, the shit that makes people love him, is the same shit that makes people mad.”

Trolls of today will never successfully mimic the real terror of a younger 50 Cent.