Run the Jewels have had an excellent year: the powerhouse rap/production duo of Killer Mike and El-P dropped Run the Jewels 2 in October and it topped many a critic's best of 2014 list. They also appeared on Letterman, dropped a trippy video, and gave salient dating advice to teenagers. » 2/04/15 2:50pm 2/04/15 2:50pm

Malia Obama, Known Teen, has been up to her USUAL SHIT: a selfie of the eldest Obama daughter wearing a Pro Era tee has surfaced (Gawker has more details about the photo's origins here), and everybody is mostly like, "good for Joey Bada$$." » 1/05/15 2:20pm 1/05/15 2:20pm

Riff Raff's "Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz" video has arrived and I… don't know how to feel as an intelligent black woman who has spent a decade as a music critic. On one hand, dude's entire package is a joke based on black culture; on the other, dude is like an In Living Color skit gone terribly right—he's hilarious. » 11/11/14 7:45pm 11/11/14 7:45pm

Alexander Wang launched his sportswear-inspired collection for H&M last night in New York City with a runway show and a post-show party, the latter of which he is almost as renowned for as his clothing. And say what you want about the scuba-boxerness of the situation (or the WANG hat), Alexander Wang, in general,… » 10/17/14 2:30pm 10/17/14 2:30pm

"Try Me," the lead single by Detroit rapper Dej Loaf, has enjoyed a protracted underground hit status that shows no signs of slowing—its key factor being Dej's take on tenderly explaining to a dude how she's gonna murk his ass. » 10/14/14 7:45pm 10/14/14 7:45pm

Masked Brooklyn rapper/producer Leikeli47 got her best girls together to boss up for a video that just juiced up this dreary-ass afternoon and served as a reminder of our lifelong dream to form a girl-gang and walk around wearing semi-coordinated outfits. (Seriously, what's the point of walking around with a posse of… » 9/25/14 7:45pm 9/25/14 7:45pm

This November will see the release of one of Maya Angelou's final projects before her passing in May: a hip hop album featuring her words and lyrics entitled Caged Bird Songs. » 9/08/14 1:00pm 9/08/14 1:00pm

Former Jay Z business partner and c0-founder of Roc-a-Fella Records, Damon Dash, has apologized for dispensing bottles of Cristal on the bodies of female music video models. In a video interview with Hip Hop Motivation, 43-year-old Dash shows quite a bit of self-awareness and wisdom about his past behavior. » 8/28/14 7:15pm 8/28/14 7:15pm

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

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 9:00am 1/28/14 9:00am

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