Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. It wasn’t always ...

Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Lil Kim, Wu-Tang Clan, and more are scheduled to perform a tribute. This year’s BET Hip Hop Awards will honor the iconic Loud Records. The New York City-based music label was once ...

It’s a testament to rap’s robust health that, even though some of the genre’s biggest names didn’t necessarily put out their best work—Drake whiffed twice, while his opposite number, Kendrick, ...

Polo “Polito” Plascencia, Kalid “Kalid Abdul” Robledo, and Alex “Bleu Santana” Olmos are CHROMA, a bilingual rap group that wears Dallas on its chest but sounds like a mix of A Tribe Called Quest and ...