Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse ...

Every time I do one of these lists, I mention that rap feels more splintered than ever, but, right now, it really does. One thing I miss is casually sitting around with friends, breaking down why ...

Every mixtape listed here has lyrics that grab me ... Protect’s twist is his dedication to describing the competition of internet rap with pickup basketball metaphors. From what I can catch, he’s a ...

As for Wayne, he flipped the script from being a Hot Boy sidekick to a mixtape monster and later a rap icon, all without a pen. Wayne and Bryant scoffed at their respective scouting reports during ...

Drake’s OVO started with music and exploded into fashion, sports, and beyond. Here’s how the rapper built a full-blown empire ...

With BTS member Suga nearing the end of his military service, we have looked back at how the rapper built his ...

From Fakemink to YT and more, here are the moments from artists who have helped build the new underground of U.K. rap.

I pick from mixtapes, too. Two years ago ... so with us having that relationship for so long, we have embraced hip hop. Basketball players want to be rappers. A guy like Shaq was a rapper.

Lil Wayne released a career-spanning compilation, I Am Music. It seems like an impossible task to summarize three decades of ...

The Pueblo High School basketball star was maybe the most flamboyant ... spending much of the past 10 years writing and spewing out rap lyrics in studios throughout the South.

Ladies like Angel Reese and Claressa Shields exude rap star energy too, boldly making boss moves in multiple industries off the court and outside of the ring, all the while keeping haters in check.