January 2025 kicked off with a major ice storm across the U.S. and Canada dumping more than a foot of snow across multiple states and provinces. And the frost isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, with ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Tyler The Creator, Lil Uzi Vert, and IDK. Okay, now I am mad at all the rappers. It’s not that there hasn’t been a slew of worthy ...

Every time I do one of these lists, I mention that rap feels more splintered than ever, but, right now, it really does. One thing I miss is casually sitting around with friends, breaking down why a ...

It only took ten years, but Travis Scott’s beloved mixtape Days Before Rodeo was finally added to streaming services today. The project arrived just a year before his official debut album Rodeo, and ...

A new documentary reveals the history of mixtapes through interviews with some of the most well-known figures in Hip-Hop. A new documentary film delves into mixtapes’ vital role in shaping Hip-Hop, ...

Lizzo is introducing the world to her rap persona on MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING. The 34-minute mixtape dropped on Friday (June 27) and reminds music fanatics that the Detroit native is a creative who ...

Lizzo is all smiles thanks to hip-hop. The rapper-turned-pop star returns to her hip-hop roots with the new mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling. Featuring guest appearances from Doja Cat and SZA, the ...

On “Ditto,” the last track on My Face Hurts From Smiling, a surprising rap mixtape from a certain four-time Grammy winner, the star in question declares, “It’s a Lizzo summerrrrrrr.” The tape — which ...

The Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit takes visitors on an educational journey through several key themes: origin, innovation, sounds of hip-hop, fashion, regionalism, entrepreneurialism, media, ...