Being a rap fan is hard work these days -- so many blogs to check, so many feuds to follow, a never-ending sluice of mix tapes to download. If rap music was the black CNN in Public Enemy's heyday, ...

If the Drama raid was the first significant blow to the mixtape framework, the emergence of streaming in the mid-2010s was the finisher. Not only did the release-type binary begin rapidly breaking ...

I’m going to say something that might be controversial: Gucci Mane should’ve won an Oscar for his role in Spring Breakers. There, I said it. I don’t care if you agree or not. It was one of the most ...