So dig this: by now I’m sure most of you have heard or heard of Talib Kweli’s curiously far-left-of-center cut he did with Gucci Mane, ...

There was a time when Talib Kweli was the sober, preachy voice of reason in hip-hop, and that time was... ugh, a while ago. Kweli has ...

The Mighty Mos Def is headed to the small screen. The Brooklyn-bred MC/actor will be joining the cast of the upcoming HBO comedy series Enlightened, ...

Hip hop has more in common with the NBA than balling and rhyming (get it?). Some are considered prodigal sons before they even reach their ...

Attention all rap fans, listeners, purveyors of its music, proponents of its culture and everything else in between (myself included): you’re all a bunch of ...

Backpackers have to get paid too. Founded in 1996, Rawkus Records was a purists’ dream label, but former in-house producer Hi-Tek recently revealed that there ...

In tribute to Phife Dawg and his fight against diabetes, a re-united A Tribe Called Quest and a host of other NY heavyweights from the ...

Mos Def brought out a star-studded lineup during his performance at New York City’s Highline Ballroom last night (January 17). Jay Electronica was one of the ...

  I peeped Mos Def’s video for “History” yesterday—one of the standout tracks from The Ecstatic—and among the iconic images included in the clip was one ...