Hip-Hop

Interviews, performances, earworms, songs to get on it — here’s how we’ll remember the past year

The California native delivered a brutally honest masterpiece

Their album eludes the nostalgia trap

The rapper’s lyrical ability mirrors that of a literary memoir, further proving the beauty of rap

From Mike Tyson and Tupac to Zab Judah and Lil’ Kim, new book examines the connections between musicians and the fight game

Were hip-hop lyrics influenced by Johnson, Eazy-E’s death and the arrival of the lifesaving drug cocktail?

The rapper’s vulnerability about abandonment and hatred eerily times with Boosie’s harassment of him

This time capsule of an album presents a version of the rapper who no longer exists

The album has some shining moments, far too many missteps and one giant elephant in the room

The excellent ‘Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap’ covers official releases, but leaves out the freestyles and live performances that also made history