Rap music has long been a source for storytelling, wordplay, and cultural commentary, and – naturally – the art form frequently draws from classic and modern literature. Some of the most iconic rap ...

(Interscope)Bowing out after six consecutive US No 1 albums, Cole references rap greats and even conjures a convo between Biggie and 2Pac – but the lens rarely strays from himself ...

Hot on the heels of last week’s analysis of the largest vocabularies in hip-hop, we’ve now got a series of charts analyzing specific drug references in rap music over time. Seen below, the data and ...

Rick Ross, the rapper most likely to never play in the NBA, once stated, “Rappers want to be ballers, ballers want to be rappers.” The eternal bromance between hip-hop... Rick Ross, the rapper most ...

Hip-hop’s love affair with the Yankees is more than just the fitted cap. With a stadium located just blocks away from the birthplace of hip-hop, the Bronx Bombers have been a part of the rap lexicon ...

Have you checked the strip clubs or the mean streets of the inner city? Have you asked around the Louis store? Have you checked ATL, MIA, and NYC? It used to be that wide-eyed and sweaty raver kids ...