Cover Stories IT HAS BEEN SAID Tightly under wraps in a federal pen in Philly, the first female MC to do a bid sits in a ...

Your boy YN is just about to put another issue to bed, and I’m patiently waiting for Jay-Z to call me. I mean, President Carter. ...

I ain’t no tattle teller, but I got a confession to make: The person seated in front of me in the cramped visiting room at ...

Ride or Die Chick, Down-Ass Bitch, Bonnie and Clyde. We’ve all heard the songs, all sung along to the lyrics romanticizing the merits of that ...

With all due respect to the homie Paul Wall, on the reals, Ghostface has always been, and continues to be, the people’s champ. For 13 ...

On February 1, a Philadelphia judge granted a stay of execution to Christopher “Cool C” Roney. The 36-year-old MC had been scheduled to die by ...

Whenever a rapper adopts his tag from a real-life hustler like 50 Cent or Bumpy Johnson, he’s making one hell of a statement. Although he’s ...

“Weird” is the adjective that 22-year-old Georgia peach Erica uses to describe her first casting-call experience. “I didn’t know it was gonna be all that; ...

With so many rap careers demolished before their foundations could be properly laid, it’s remarkable that T.I. is still here. After a freshman flop and ...