It's that time of the year again. Your favorite ghostwriter Skillz comes through with another installment of his beloved "Rap-Up" series. This year he talks ...

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The 106 & Park Freesytle Champ meets West Coast up-and-comer Dom Kennedy and rap vets Skillz and Lady of Rage at the 2011 BET Hip ...

The BET Hip Hop Awards took place at the Atlanta Civic Center on Saturday evening (October 1) and the network took time to pay homage ...

The greatest thing about hip-hop is that anybody can get in. Big Sean got signed because he heard Kanye was at a Detroit radio station, ...

Rappers and R&B singers weren't always requisite bedfellows. While singers like Bobby Brown faced little to no backlash when sprinkling bars between notes, rap listeners ...

Skillz is unapologetic ...

Backpack rap isn’t dead yet. At least not yet. But in the past year, backpackers have seemingly taken a back seat to tight jeans-wearing hipsters. ...