Tag Archives: hip-hop

Snoop Dogg, a national treasure, has a well-documented disdain for President Trump. On a Wednesday trip to the White House, the California legend decided something had to be done and took to Instagram. “There go the White House right there, huh? All them motherfuckers are Secret Service, huh? Wish I …

These days, Ice-T‘s résumé reads like a long biblical scroll. He’s one of the original pioneers of gangsta rap via seminal releases like “6 in the Mornin,‘” one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time. He’s hosted and produced multiple TV shows and documentary films, including The Art of …

Brockhampton’s iridescence will be scrutinized, dissected and debated. It’s what happens when you have fans that pore over every line and sonic decision, and the “boyband” has been worth pouring time into since they burst onto the scene last year. Their fourth album, which came out on Friday, is their …

Musicians treasure creative freedom, and in interviews, it’s not uncommon for them to voice a warning: “Don’t put my art in a box.” But MHD, the platinum-selling French rapper of Senegalese and Guinean descent, knows that a box can be valuable, as long as it’s packaged nicely and slapped with …

The high-flying hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz released “Pistol On My Side,” a boisterous collaboration with Lil Wayne, on Friday. The track will appear on Swizz Beatz’s upcoming solo album, Poison,his first full-length since 2007. “Pistol on My Side” opens with an ostentatious orchestral passage, as if it’s the theme to …

At age 43, the rapper Big Boi is enjoying the biggest hit of his solo career: a cheerful, reassuring and toothless number titled “All Night.” On a recent Tuesday, he brought the single toThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonwith help from longtime collaborator Sleepy Brown. Fallon head-bobbed with his usual …

SZA suggested that her vocal chords may have suffered severe damage in a brief flurry of tweets on Tuesday night. “My voice is permanently injured,” the singer wrote. “I jus[t] wanna be left alone, my priorities are fucked up,” she added. “They been fucked up. I need space goodbye.” SZA …

Pray for me/I’m about to hit the ‘Ye button I don’t wanna say nothin’ wrong/But it’d be wrong if I ain’t say nothin’ Imagine if I ain’t say somethin’/Wouldn’t none of these niggas say nothin’?—Kanye West, “Champions” Is there a such thing as bad press? This month, Kanye West – …

Cardi B re-teamed with Migos for her new single, “Drip.” The rappers take turns boasting about jewelry, wealth and their hip-hop status over a booming beat built on clattering trap hi-hats, minimalist sub-bass and a fluttering hook. The emcees toss out pop culture references, often in triplet rhythmic patterns, between …

“I certainly don’t keep up with hip-hop but I’m trying to now,” says iconic British illustrator and painter Ralph Steadman, best known as the twisted mind behind the dark, grotesque, hilarious, disturbing art that accompanied the early-1970s gonzo journalistic screeds of the late Hunter S. Thompson, including his 1972 novel …