For being the third largest city in this great country of ours, it's dissapointing and amazing that Chicago hasn't spawned much notable hip-hop talent. If you ... Read More...
Some rappers seem to chose awfully ironic names. How did Da Youngsta's feel when they passed puberty? Did Kid Frost realize he'd eventually have to drop Kid fr... Read More...
Merriam-Webster defines a "colossus" as a statue of gigantic size and proportion, from the Greek kolossos. The scope of hip-hop as a musical genre and culture ... Read More...
What's cripalatin? For better or worse, this phrase is now bound and determined to enter the hip-hop lexicon thanks to Snoop Dogg. Resisting the temptation to ... Read More...
Ursula Rucker is familiar to most hip hop fans as the voice that closes every Roots album with her spoken word pieces. But this Philadelphia-born poet has also... Read More...
Don't be scurred; thankfully, "Jada's Got a Gun" doesn't feature Aerosmith. After that initial shock on track two is out of the way, the best known rapper from... Read More...
