Vedan means hunter in Malayalam. Recall that Valmiki, the author of the Ramayan once referred to as Ratnakara, was also a hunter. In Kerala, where just about every other person you run into is ...

And in this case, we wanted to share three rap music one-hit wonders from the 90s that may just inspire you to write your own rhymes. “Insane In The Brain” by Cypress Hill from ‘Black Sunday ...

At a time when so much Black popular culture was driven by a sense of safe accessibility, Run-D.M.C. led a wave of rap renegades.

Blakeman's rap doesn't rhyme. Performers at the Hot 97 Summer Jam concert at UBS Arena on Sunday. Credit: UBS Arena via Twitter. By The Editorial BoardUpdated June 5, 2023. Share.

You could barely escape poetry back in the day. Newspapers commissioned bits of doggerel to print between columns. The N.A.A.C.P.’s doughty house organ and beacon to Black America, “The Crisis ...

BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman’s ‘All the Way’ should be the model for all country-rap crossovers: Pair two artists who respect what the other does and keep them in their own lane.

Jennifer Lopez was not the only geriatric millennial icon onstage this week on Saturday Night Live.Like a minor god arriving on a cloud, Redman materialized to rap on a remix of Lopez’s “Can ...