Street Rappers

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that...

Listen5 minComment on this storyCommentGift ArticleAs the beat and lyrics of the 1995 hit song “Gangsta’s Paradise” came together, Coolio...

LegacyPushing hip-hop on a higher level has been XXL Magazine's goal for 25 years. As times change, the commitment to documenting...

He was killed for a song.An aspiring Bronx drill rapper, lured to his death last weekend by a phone call,...

Hip-hop is nationwide and gone global after nearly five decades. A common rapper origin story is the act that represents...

The Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn depicted in Ka’s music is stark: bleached of artifice, enhanced by religious levels of penance...

You won’t see Cam’ron jacking trends or chasing clout these days. Forget recruiting Fivio Foreign to administer the drill treatment—Cam’s...

Los Angeles murders have been at all time high in recent years. Just weeks after PNB Rock was shot and...

A Houston rapper and collaborator with Lil Uzi Vert was identified as the woman killed in a weekend shooting, that...

Hip-hop has always been known for the violence that happens within and outside the music. Dating all the way back...