If you haven't already heard—and it's impossible not to have heard at this point—Game of Thrones is returning for a new season on April 6th. In order to prepare you for the inevitable bloodbath (and incest), artists have been hard at work creating every iteration of the series you could think of including a full… » 3/08/14 2:35pm 3/08/14 2:35pm

One night someone at HBO had a fever dream: What if the next hot mixtape to hit the "streets" had a handful of the hottest hip-hop stars rapping about Game of Thrones? Today that dream has come true. Introducing Catch The Throne. » 3/07/14 2:45pm 3/07/14 2:45pm

It feels as if someone started a rumor that 2014 might present a female resurgence in hip-hop. As a person with a vagina, I’d be thrilled if that happened — but I doubt the “Ladies Night” reprise is going down anytime soon. There are many reasons why women — with the exception of Nicki Minaj — are notably absent from… » 3/05/14 5:10pm 3/05/14 5:10pm

On his debut as host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon did a lot of hilarious, memorable things. But the best one was probably this epic take on "The Evolution of Hip Hop Dancing." » 2/18/14 9:30am 2/18/14 9:30am

When rapper Macklemore stepped off the stage after his history-making performance at the Grammys on Sunday, he stepped right into a shitstorm over some questionable and mostly dumb tweets he sent back in 2009. Now, people are asking a lot of questions about what his real views are and it's raised a lot of controversy.… » 1/28/14 10:00am 1/28/14 10:00am

"I'll be honest, I really wanted to win the Best Rap Video, but this Moonman right here stands for a lot more," the rapper Macklemore said earlier this year, holding the MTV Video Music Awards "Best Video With a Social Message" trophy. The honor was for the video accompanying his gay-equality anthem "Same Love," a… » 12/27/13 12:20pm 12/27/13 12:20pm

If Iggy Azalea, Kreayshawn and this entire list aren't top of mind, Ryan Seacrest, arbiter of all things pop music and Kardashian, is reportedly producing a new show about white female rappers for VH1. If you’re thinking, "Hey, wasn’t that already a thing?" you are right. » 12/09/13 12:35pm 12/09/13 12:35pm

Somehow we missed this but the video for "Everybody" — a track featuring Doug E. Fresh that will appear on Michelle Obama's hip hop album, which is a real thing that exists — features Dr. Oz rapping. While wearing scrubs and a stethoscope. » 8/13/13 5:45pm 8/13/13 5:45pm

The folks at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon created a pretty great clip of Brian Williams "covering" "Nuthin' But a G Thang." Thank you. Just the other day we were saying that the evening news needs more gin and juice. » 6/06/13 10:50am 6/06/13 10:50am

The rapper who dried up everyone's vagina and ripped a new tear in NYC hipsters' New Religion pants is back at it. Rapper Awkwafina just released a new song called "Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margaritas)," an endearing song to the Mayor. Nah, it's just a giant middle finger to his proposed soda ban with a really hot… » 5/02/13 3:20pm 5/02/13 3:20pm

Well this is disappointing. Rick Ross appears on a on a new track by Rocko, and it seems as though he is rapping about violating a woman while she is unconscious: » 3/26/13 5:45pm 3/26/13 5:45pm

When we first saw Kitty Pryde, she was mumble-rapping about snorting pills, drunk dials and Bud Light Lime on "Okay Cupid." When we last saw Kitty Pryde, she was hanging out with Riff Raff in a motel room and we were feeling kind of worried about that. Now 19-year-old Kitty is back — she's dropped the "Pryde"— and… » 1/31/13 6:15pm 1/31/13 6:15pm

For the better part of the past 48 hours, 21-year-old New York rapper Azealia Banks (best known for her 2011 viral hit "212") has been holding the attention of her Twitter followers hostage. First it was a Twitter beef with fellow 21-year-old hip-hop up-and-comer Angel Haze, which resulted in a swapping of dis tracks.… » 1/05/13 2:45pm 1/05/13 2:45pm

For many, hip hop is the sound of rebellion, and Sosan Firooz — Afghanistan's first female rapper — has pro-Afghanistan and anti-Taliban messages in her track "Our Neighbors." » 10/09/12 3:20pm 10/09/12 3:20pm

Lupe Fiasco's new track (and video), "Bitch Bad," attempts to examine the complications of the word "bitch," specifically in hip-hop. The lyrics tell the tale of two kids — one a little boy and one a little girl — who interpret and internalize the word in different ways. » 8/23/12 12:20pm 8/23/12 12:20pm

Nas's new video to go along with his poor-overwrought-parent song "Daughters," ruminates on, among other things, the strong possibility that having a daughter is some sort of metaphysical punishment for a former womanizer. Take the following line: "They say the coolest playas and foulest heart breakers in the world… » 5/28/12 1:45pm 5/28/12 1:45pm

Perhaps you've heard of Mykki Blanco (né Michael David Quattlebaum), the cross-dressing rapper who is by all accounts The Shit right now, in which case, congratulations, you are much cooler than I was until this today. For the rest of you who, like me, are newbies to the ways of Blanco, prepare yourself — this isn't… » 5/16/12 5:15pm 5/16/12 5:15pm