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As Tory Lanez heads to prison, hip-hop needs to have a conversation about accountability

Hip-hop should be embarrassed by its silence as Megan Thee Stallion was publicly maligned

On Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G. and the anatomy of a conspiracy theory

New search warrant in Las Vegas revives all the questions that never went away

Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing

Detectives sought items from Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, according to warrant documents

Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in deadly crowd surge at Texas festival

Is the song of the summer a thing of the past?

Summer anthems still exist, but much has changed in how we discuss them

Styles P is working to make hip-hop, and Black communities, healthier

The legendary member of The Lox is on a mission to help our communities heal

Rapper DMX’s ‘It’s Dark and Hell is Hot,’ a quarter century later

The debut album solidified DMX’s legacy

Looking back on Chance the Rapper’s seminal mixtape, ‘Acid Rap’ 

In the blog era, it charted a path for independent artists

In the history of hip-hop fashion, there’s no ignoring Lil’ Kim

She paved the way for female rappers to front fashion campaigns, be a designer’s muse or star in major ad campaigns