From having the country "talm ‘bout innit" to getting name-checked on "Whim Whammie," one of the year's buzziest breakthrough ...

“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

On 2013's "Acid Rap" mixtape, says Chance the Rapper, "I'm rapping about doing open mics, but closing my eyes and seeing arenas." (Bethany Mollenkof / For The Times) There was hardly a better time to ...

Tom Hardy's fans can take a listen to his rap mixtape that was unearthed nearly 20 years since he first recorded it Before he was an actor starring in blockbusters such as The Dark Knight Rises and ...

Paramount+ has announced MIXTAPE, a documentary exploring one of Hip-Hop’s essential components. In celebration of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary, the feature will delve into how the creation of mixtapes ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Savage souls debuted their savage saturday project in 2013 at the now-defunct oasis on james ...

January 2025 kicked off with a major ice storm across the U.S. and Canada dumping more than a foot of snow across multiple states and provinces. And the frost isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, with ...

After a harrowing 2007 — a year that started with the arrest of leading mix-tape maker DJ Drama — hip-hop mix tapes played it cool in 2008. Collections co-signed by top-level talent were scarce, ...

What does “mixtape” mean anymore? In assembling this list, we asked the question again and again, partly because rap continues to redefine the term. In 2000, mixtapes were generally still piles of ...

The Seattle hip-hop community lost one of its most influential early ambassadors last week: “Nasty” Nes Rodriguez died Saturday in Los Angeles, his widow, Llola Rodriguez, announced the following ...

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