Rap Music
A Public Official Was Allegedly Ousted for Being Too Obsessed With Tupac
What, a 66-year-old high-level state employee can't send Tupac-related emails to 4,300 colleagues and bring 'Thug Life' cookies to his birthday?
An Entirely Serious Investigation: Which Group of Non-Rappers, Rap the Best?
Love Island contestants? Actors? Basketball players? We put them to the test.
Make an MC of Your Kid With This Illustrated Rap Alphabet Book
Andrew Morgan draws Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur, and Kanye West as adorable, blunt-smoking letters of the alphabet.
#MoreLife, More Americans Have to Wake Up to a Rap Culture That's Not Just Theirs
The continued refusal to understand British rap culture is as ignorant as the initial criticism of American rap being an inferior form of music.
Preaching the Party Gospel: A Day in London with Rae Sremmurd
'People criticise us and say we always happy, but why we gotta rap about 'momma couldn't pay the bills,' and shit?'
What Childish Gambino's Glo-Up Means to Other Black Nerds
He showed how you can go from outsider to award-winning auteur in five years.
Mobbing in London with Kirk Knight
Photographer Verena Stefanie Grotto caught up with the Pro Era–affiliated rapper/producer in London as he goofed off around the city.
Vince Staples Tweeting About the WNBA Finals Is the Reason We Love Sports and Vince Staples
Vince Staples tweeting about the WNBA in the middle of the baseball playoffs and the Thursday night NFL game reminded us about what makes sports great.
Donald Glover's 'Atlanta' Is Only Getting Better
Episode four of the brilliant new show featured an ethnically ambiguous internet troll and the odyssey-like struggle of being poor.
VICE Sports Q&A: Konnan on His Rap Career, Master P, and Racism in Wrestling
We sat down with Konnan to talk about his near big break in rap with one of its most famous southern moguls, teaming in the ring with another one, as well as the other music heroes he met in and through the squared circle.
Meet Jalal Nuriddin, the Forgotten Grandfather of Rap Who Inspired Everyone from Beastie Boys to Nas
His 1973 album, Hustlers Convention, sold badly, but has since been heralded as the genesis of rap music. It's untold story is the subject of a new documentary.