With all that success, it’s easy to forget that the Wesleyan University alum, 45, got his start as a freestyle rapper. Newly released footage of Miranda and the Hamilton cast visiting Late Night with ...

There is power in a well-written verse and potential in a skillfully crafted freestyle, yet some rappers don't do both. They know where their specialty lies. Some of hip-hop's favorite rappers speak ...

If public speaking is a fear for some, try doing it under a spotlight on stage, in rhyming couplets, with cogent ideas and narrative, and the threat of being booed off the stage if you’re not ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Returning to his musical roots, Wiz Khalifa has recently released the long-awaited sequel to his iconic Kush & Orange Juice mixtape. The original dropped fifteen years ago and helped define the Blog ...

With every other tween-to-millennial finessing the latest TikTok routine and international dance studios garnering cult Instagram followings, hip-hop is having a real moment. Bite-sized choreography ...

THE BUILDING CANAL STREET BY THE WALGREENS I’M GOING TO RAP EVERY SINGLE DAY. SULA: ON CANAL STREET IS WHERE NEW ORLEANS RAPPER RAY WIMLE GOT HIS BIG BREAK. DURING ESSENCE FEST, COMMON CAME OUT AND ...

Ray Anthony Barrett, “Porchmonkey Pawns For Manicured Lawns Jockey For Position Without Inquisition (Battle Chess), (from Porch Monkeys) (2014l) (all images courtesy of the artist and Diane Rosenstein ...