Well, maybe not quite yet, but we’re getting there. What we’re declaring the Northern Touch Era in Canadian rap spans roughly from the late ‘90s and the release of the Rascalz posse cut banger we’re ...

“I feel fucking inspired,” a man screamed in my face during Divine’s performance at the sold-out Mumbai leg of his 2021 Punya Paap tour. “This guy is a fucking king. He has changed the face of the ...

MIKE (real name Michael Jordan Bonema) is a special hip-hop talent. It’s not uncommon to see the New York-based rapper being praised for both his lyricism and production skills. Indeed, he’s a ...

The greatest freestyler I've ever come across was a rapper named Spectac. The year was 1996 and I was 13 years old, walking into the Parklane location of the Sounds Familiar record store. He would rap ...

Fifty years into hip-hop’s constant evolution, many of today’s rappers don’t write down their lyrics at all. Here’s how they make songs now. By Joe Coscarelli and Noah Throop Joe Coscarelli and Noah ...