Tag Archives: hip-hop

A freak thunderstorm that hit Austin around 9 p.m. on Thursday threw off what was shaping up to be SXSW‘s biggest day: All outdoor events after that hour were canceled outright (including some highly anticipated sets, like Lil Yachty at the Moody Amphitheater), while other showcase schedules got all jumbled …

I n 2016, a 19-year-old Lil Yachty emerged as a fresh-faced, red-haired maverick eagerly planting Generation Z’s flag in hip-hop. Songs like “Minnesota” intrigued many, but rap traditionalists denigrated him as a “mumble rapper” — an upstart who, they claimed, was insulting the essence of hip-hop one warbled vocal run …

Libraries across the country are joining the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. “Collections of Culture: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Inside Libraries, Museums and Archives” launched late last month and will feature a mix of in-person and virtual programs, including panel discussions, author talks, and workshops digging into the …

Last year, Maxo took a trip that changed his outlook. It was an ayahuasca ritual, which his mother had recommended as a way of unpacking the intergenerational trauma that forms a backdrop to his music. After drinking the psychoactive and entheogenic brew, Maxo grounded himself in order to begin the …

With 2023 marking the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the Roots rapper Black Thought has shared his own incredible love letter to rap music in collaboration with BET. “This is a Love Letter to Hip-Hop for me because hip-hop is the love of my life,” Black Thought said in a statement …

On Oct. 8, 2022, veteran MC Roc Marciano was onstage in New York, playing to a capacity crowd. It was a typical rap show in the city: overwhelmingly male, leathers and skullys and Timbs despite the late-summer weather, air laced with newly decriminalized smoke. Roc was there to celebrate his …

Nearly five years after XXXTentacion was shot and killed outside a motorcycle shop in Florida, the trial of his alleged murderers finally began last week. The first week alone featured a fair share of court drama, driven primarily by the testimony of Robert Allen — one of the four suspects …

David Jude Jolicoeur, who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the age of 54, helped revolutionize hip-hop and change the course of popular music. It’s why he’s being mourned so widely in the rap community today, and far beyond it as well. As one-third of De La Soul, alongside …

David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, one-third of the iconic rap triumvirate De La Soul, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The news was first reported by AllHipHop. He was 54. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Trugoy, who had recently been going by the name Dave, and was …

This week marks 20 years of Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent’s star-making opus that rode a bevy of hits, an Eminem co-sign, and Dr. Dre’s talismanic touch to sell 12 million records worldwide in 2003. 50’s mesh of New York bravado and melody catapulted him to instant superstardom, …