'Like That': How one song escalated the Drake, Kendrick Lamar feud to what it is now
Like That,' released in March 2024, was the boiling point for the Drake vs Kendrick battle, which experts say reached "global ...
The rise and fall of the Young Bag Chasers
They started as kids from West Philly just trying to make it out. Drill rap, and the pull of fame and money, left nearly a ...
India's rap rebel makes a comeback after battling addiction
About 15 years ago, an Indian rapper of humble origins broke onto the country's then-infertile hip-hop music scene and ...
'It proved the US's biggest gangsta rapper could be vulnerable': How Tupac wrote the ultimate anthem for single mothers
The iconic 90s hip-hop artist was known for his pained intensity. But Dear Mama, a tribute to his mother Afeni, showed off ...
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Relatives as Parents Help Kinship Caregivers Keep Families Together
The Relatives As Parents (RAP) Conference is a free annual event in Houston that brings together kinship (family or not) caregivers, child welfare professionals and community advocates to support ...
An Interview With Orlando’s Pig the Gemini, the Lover Girl of Melodic Southern Rap
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse meets ...
Disney legend loses Altadena home in Eaton Fire: ‘It hurts a lot, but we’re going to make it’
Martha Blanding is the first Black American to achieve a half-century long career with the Walt Disney Company marking her ...
Chet Hanks Gets Serious
He may be playing a parody of a parody of himself on Netflix's 'Running Point,' but in real life, the one-time black sheep of ...
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An Interview With Orlando’s Pig the Gemini, the Lover Girl of Melodic Southern Rap
Pig was the rapper, while 454 was the producer of the family. In the house ... so I find a way to do it in rap. Are a lot of the stories on the tape pulled from real experiences?
Inside Kanye West and Jay-Z’s rocky friendship
The rapper began a working relationship in 2000 when the Chicago-born emcee produced a track for Beanie Sigel, who was signed to Jay’s Roc-A-Fella Records.
Kendrick Lamar, rapper and peacemaker on the streets of Los Angeles
A child of Compton, a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by gang warfare, the author of 'Not Like Us' is using his fame to call ...