The Culture, Curated

A decade after her breakthrough mixtape, Noname returns to the stage in San Francisco to celebrate Telefone while reaffirming hip-hop as her vehicle...

The trial for Kewon White, accused of fatally shooting MO3 in an alleged Yella Beezy-orchestrated murder-for-hire plot, opens with three of the...

A survey of 26 rappers reveals a clear divide on AI in hip-hop, moving past recent feuds to show broader industry tensions.

• Ken Carson calls...

Anderson .Paak and Cordae drop their first joint album ‘Heavy Is The Crown’ on October 23 via APESHIT, Mass Appeal and EMPIRE.

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Ye's October Russia dates at Gazprom Arena were scrapped after the venue confirmed no rental contract was ever signed, marking yet another...

Rick Ross fired shots at 50 Cent after Fif claimed he won't drop new albums because hip-hop is youth culture and no one should be hottest at 60.

The Game removed Drake's verse from "No Brakes" to protect the West Coast as a whole and keep the focus on music rather than beef. He confirmed...

50 Cent argues rappers shouldn't chase the spotlight past a certain age, insisting "Hip-hop culture is connected to youth culture" and "You are not...

Rod Wave enters a new chapter with his highly anticipated Don't Look Down album, arriving August 28 with 24 tracks and just two features.

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Gazprom Arena pulled the plug on Kanye West’s October St. Petersburg concerts after confirming no rental agreement was ever signed, blaming Moscow...

• The Garage banned 40 Black artists including Lil Wayne, Future and local acts, telling DJs to stop playing their music
• Milwaukee rappers say the...

The Game's The Documentary III dropped Aug 21 with bars name-dropping GNX and calling himself the "LA Monster" opposite Kendrick's Boogeyman...

• Milwaukee's The Garage posted a 'NO PLAY LIST' banning over three dozen Black rap artists including Glorilla, Lil Wayne and Travis Scott, plus 'NO...

The Game yanked Drake's verse from “No Brakes” to simmer beefs and shield the West Coast, yet still name-checks Kendrick and GNX elsewhere on the project. That move reveals the calculated politics of staying aligned without fully picking sides.

Doja Cat didn't mince words on Twitch, calling Tyga a "penis" for leaning on AI to craft his synth-pop album $TARFACE. Tyga defended the tool as the...

Jury selection started Monday for Kewon White, the man prosecutors say Yella Beezy paid to kill Mo3, with the judge greenlighting select lyrics from...

Durk's lawyers push rap as hyperbole and artwork, while King Yella calls the Chicago beef deadly real.

• Defense claims Durk channeled grief into...

A leaked memo at Milwaukee's The Garage banned 40 mostly Black rap acts like Lil Wayne, Future and Migos plus all local Milwaukee rap, igniting...

The Game toned down multiple versions of “No Brakes” with Drake, removing bars that were “not too kind” to keep the spotlight on music instead of...

• Young Thug went beyond a May tweet of support by sending his attorney Brian Steel to join Lil Durk's federal murder-for-hire defense team on his own...