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Original Content Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V:" Where Mischief & Maturity Intersect The third stage of Lil Wayne's illustrious career has been set: from goon, to goonie, to gooniest." By Devin Ch September 28, 2018
Original Content How Is Hip-Hop Handling The Issue Of Mental Health? The hip-hop community has long turned a blind eye to mental health, but the stigma is gradually beginning to unravel. By Luke Hinz October 03, 2018
Reviews Roddy Ricch's "Please Excuse Me For Being Anti-Social" Is Regionally-Obscure Yet Wholly His Own Roddy Ricch ends an impressive year with an equally impressive debut album, filled with melodic flares and modern sensibilities. By Rose Lilah December 12, 2019
Reviews Gunna "WUNNA" Review Gunna's "WUNNA" gives us life through rose-colored glasses. By Rose Lilah May 30, 2020
Original Content Is Eminem's "Bad Guy" One Of Hip-Hop's Best Sequels? By willingly continuing the story of "Stan," Eminem attempted to do the impossible with his ambitious and underrated "Bad Guy." By Mitch Findlay July 06, 2020
Original Content DJ Kool Herc Celebrated On Hip-Hop's 47th Birthday Happy birthday, hip-hop! Never forget that none of this would be possible without the revolutionary work of DJ Kool Herc. By Mitch Findlay August 11, 2020
Original Content Rise & Grind: Lakeyah On Quality Control Labelmates, 42 Dugg Collab & Nicki Minaj As A GOAT Wisconsin’s slam poet-turned-rapper Lakeyah is still riding high off of the release of her Quality Control debut, “Time’s Up.” She joins us for this week’s edition of Rise & Grind where she details a night out with the City Girls, Pee’s guidance, and manifesting a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. By Aron A. February 22, 2021
Original Content The Making Of Nicki Minaj's Queendom As fans gear up for the release of Nicki Minaj's fifth album, we take a look at how she's maintained her status over a ten year spell at the top of the heap. By Robert Blair August 07, 2019
TV "Power" Ep. 5: Tariq's Life Is On The Line An emotional goodbye. By Karlton Jahmal September 23, 2019
Original Content Why Do We Get Lit To Sad Bangers? Making sense of the music that would have us shed a tear and let loose all at once. By Luke Hinz August 22, 2019
Original Content Lil Uzi Vert Dancing: A Definitive History A retrospective of all the times Uzi danced and made us happy. By Noah C December 05, 2019
Pop Culture What Happened To Rapper-Based Video Games? As Danny Brown's GTAV Radio Station goes, live, we look back at the days where gaming developers would place players in control of their favorite MC's across sports titles, beat-em-ups and action games. By Robert Blair December 21, 2019