Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At some point, his otherworldly abilities as an emcee came up, which was made even more interesting thanks to the title of New ...

André 3000 is keenly aware that fans have been desperate for an album from him since Outkast’s 2006 disbanding. The iconic rapper has addressed it several times, including in December 2019, when he ...

Rap isn’t just entertainment. It’s applied writing. Every strong verse uses voice, structure, evidence, and emotional control to persuade an audience in seconds. Rap is often treated as background ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about performing with Jimmy on Broadway in the show All In, writing raps for Nas, Lauryn Hill and other hip-hop legends for his concept album Warriors with Eisa Davis and ...

I dedicate this article to Mark Fisher, whose writing on themes that run close to S.T.A.R.V.E.’s heart serves as another intertextual source of power for the LP. In 2014, Fisher wrote: "The pandemic ...

Rap music is a form of expression. Rap music is not just about the sex and the drugs, it’s a style of art in which to express yourself. It doesn’t necessarily have to include these themes. I like to ...