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So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of ...
Just over a year after lighting the globe ablaze with his massive word drop in what’s arguably the biggest battle in modern rap history, Kendrick Lamar graces the greater Phoenix area on the ...
This struggle, I contend, is at the heart of both Homer’s Iliad and the art of battle rap. This article is part of Rethinking the Classics. The stories in this series offer insightful new ways ...
The elephant in the room, the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud, was a seismic event that reverberated throughout the year’s pop culture, leaving rap purists scrambling to dissect every haymaker ...
Growing up on the larger-than-life New York rap of the 2000s, where Dipset or G-Unit made up most of my childhood hip-hop arguments, hearing a song as down-to-Earth as “Breakfast” blew my mind.
Both World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2 are great games, but they do have some major differences (Image via Blizzard Entertainment and ArenaNet) World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2 are both classic ...
Almost two whole years since Secrets of the Obscure, the new Guild Wars 2 expansion, Janthir Wilds, finally has a release date and will introduce the first new raid for the MMORPG in five years.
Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. A cult is formed when a small circle of people sees its edges become sharper and more withholding until the shape resembles something more ...
The 48-year-old won best rap album for 'Michael,' while his song "Scientists and Engineers" won best rap song and best rap performance. By Mesfin Fekadu At 48, Killer Mike won three rap Grammys on ...
Rap music stands as a vibrant tapestry woven into the very fabric of the Black community, serving not just as an art form but as a resonant voice echoing its culture, struggles, and resilience.
While plenty of energy was spent this year debating whether or not rap was still at the forefront of pop culture as it reached its fiftieth anniversary, there was no shortage of exciting new music ...