When I heard, the other day, that Gucci Mane had been committed to a mental institution, and Charles Hamilton is currently undergoing a mental evaluation to determine whether or not he's fit to stand trial for trying to beat up a cop out in Ohio somewhere, I was concerned that there wasn't a third example of a rapper being officially declared batshit that would make it a trend, per the New York Times' rule (which I also try to live by)about there having to be three separate, distinct instances of any given phenomenon in order to declare it a trend. ...

A scathing new editorial by Chuck D over at AllHipHop begins with the bizarre assertion that if there were a such thing as a Rap ...

I guess Jay Electronica's handlers didn't want 2010 to come to an end with me thinking his deal with Roc Nation would work out well. One ...

They have my vote for 2011 already. You’ll have to excuse my absence for the past few weeks. I ended up making a return trip to ...

Who could have guessed that a marriage that began underneath a giant Hennessey bottle would lead to a knock down, drag out brawl at a ...

So another year has come and gone and still we’re left with no TM 103. I remember when Jeezy first started promoting in 2009, but ...

So that’s how it feels to get your post pulled at XXL. Perhaps I should hit up my esteemed, long-tenured colleague here for advice on ...

Come to think of it, Momma Flocka Flame does look like she could be one of those butch female pimps. When I was in high school, ...

It wasn't very long after rap blogs like OnSmash.com and Dajaz1.com (whatever that is) were shut down by the Department of Homeland Security, on Thanksgiving, ...