Vinyl, and The Get-Down, there's been a recent deluge of ambitious television about music. But Atlanta's priorities are more dramatic than musical. The show is much less about rap — or the heroi ...

In 1993, pioneering Atlanta rapper and producer Peter “MC Shy D” Jones released the upbeat “Fellas What Y’all Want,” which samples Kraftwerk’s “Tour De France.” Jones chose the sample because the song ...

Places are important forces in hip hop: think the East Coast vs West Coast beef of the mid-90s, Wu-Tang Clan’s own island of Shaolin (AKA their native Staten Island, New York City) or Kendrick ...

Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti’s new album is ... The psychedelic-infused rap of “K Pop” and “Evil Jordan” further immerses you into Carti’s otherworldly universe. The R&B-leaning ...

A cornerstone of mid-2000s Atlanta rap has died. DJ Unk passed away over the weekend at the age of 43. The Atlanta rapper, producer and DJ helped launch snap music into the mainstream. KUOW is ...

Brian Tyree Henry, who plays rapper Paper Boi on the FX series "Atlanta," talks about the show's breakout success, the possibilities of a spinoff rap album, and his background at the Yale School ...