American Rap Battles

In my middle-school world of Little League softball and sleepovers, I found myself listening to Macklemore’s (and Ryan Lewis’s) discussion...

Even as normal life feels closer and closer in America, the pandemic continues to disrupt the music world. Shows and...

Vylints vs. Hungry at Des Moines’ Vaudeville Mews, closed since the pandemic, in 2018. — Baby Powell “Sometimes, it’s real...

Today’s most admired celebrities don’t just show up, stand in front of a camera and look the part. They’re often...

Keys’ debut album was originally slated for release in 1998, but disenchanted with Columbia, she sought an escape route. She...

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Intimacy is the name of the game. Photo: Courtesy of the publicist It’s been a year plus since some of...

The show’s overlords, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, at their rematch. Photo: Triller Throughout quarantine, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz battle...

Cassidy brings together rival battle rappers under one roof to guide unsigned battle rappers in contestATLANTA, Ga., June 3, 2021...

Connie Diiamond, recently featured on Kevin Liles’ ‘300 UNPLUGGED’ with recognition by REVOLT TV and Okayplayer, to name a few,...