hip-hop

Lou Reed is a big fan of “Yeezus”

The Velvet Underground frontman says of Kanye West: "No one's near doing what he's doing"

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 2:37 PM UTC
Entertainment lou reed, Kanye West, yeezus, Music

What Kanye has in common with Bret Easton Ellis

Authenticity -- whether you are who your art says you are -- is crucial (and slippery) in literature and rap alike

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 14
Entertainment Kanye West, Bret Easton Ellis

Lil Wayne dances on top of American flag in new music video

The rapper issued a statement saying that the flag fell behind him, but he didn't mean to step on it VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 1:28 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, lil wayne, American flag

Kanye West album “Yeezus” leaks on Internet

And the most talked-about lyric is about croissants

Prachi Gupta Friday, Jun 14, 2013 8:43 PM UTC
Entertainment crossaints, cronut, yeezus

Questlove: “I don’t have friends.”

In a recent interview with the Village Voice, the Roots drummer says he's isolated himself for the sake of his art

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 9:29 PM UTC
Entertainment questlove, relationships, Fame

Kanye West: “The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous”

The grandiose rapper refers to himself in the third person and compares himself to Steve Jobs

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 2:20 PM UTC
Entertainment Kanye West, Music, rap

Kanye West performs new music, claims he is not a celebrity

The rapper, set to appear on "SNL" this weekend, also refuses to participate in any sketches VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:27 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Kanye West, Music, rap

Was a rapper sexually assaulted onstage?

Rumors have spread of an artist receiving oral sex during a show, but now a friend says it was non-consensual

Tracy Clark-Flory Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:30 PM UTC
Life Sexual abuse, Sex, rapper, hip-hop

The most racist commercial of all time?

UPDATED: Critics call a Mountain Dew ad racist -- but the joke could be on them VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:10 PM UTC 12
Life Video, Advertising, Odd Future

Listen to the Beastie Boys in a previously unaired interview from 1985

Winding up a tour with Madonna, the rap group was just finding its iconic voice VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:40 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Beastie Boys, hip-hop, rap

Beastie Boys to write memoir

The hip-hop group wants to publish "a multidimensional experience" and oral history

Prachi Gupta Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:50 PM UTC
Entertainment Beastie Boys, Memoir, Music

Feminist furor over rapper Tyga’s appearance at Harvard

After the "Rack City" rapper got booked for a performance, senior Leah Reis-Dennis started a campuswide protest VIDEO

Daniel D'Addario Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 9:13 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, tyga, Harvard

Hip-hop goes for gay marriage

Jay-Z, Kanye and Russell Simmons lead a cultural change, and take gutsier stances than these Democratic senators

Travis M. Andrews Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 3:27 PM UTC
Life Gay Marriage, hip-hop, Music

Donald Trump claims Lil Wayne “hoes” tweet was a hack

"These hoes think they classy, well that's the class I'm skippen," the original Trump tweet said

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 5:30 PM UTC
Politics Donald Trump, lil wayne, hip-hop

Salon’s 2013 Grammy Awards liveblog

Mary Elizabeth Williams entertained us through a long ceremony with a hashtag-happy host, and tribute-happy acts

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Feb 11, 2013 12:55 AM UTC
Entertainment 2013 Awards Season, 2013 Awards

The Grammy Awards: Who won?

The Grammy love was equally distributed: Gotye, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Fun., and more!

Salon Staff Monday, Feb 11, 2013 12:30 AM UTC
Entertainment 2013 Awards Season, 2013 Awards

“Frank Ocean makes the decisions where Frank Ocean is concerned”

The biggest takeaways from Jeff Himmelman's upcoming New York Times Magazine profile of this year's Grammy fave

Kera Bolonik Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 9:30 PM UTC
Entertainment entertainment news, Frank Ocean

Chris Brown brawls with Frank Ocean in L.A.

The pop singer finds himself in an altercation -- again -- inspiring a wave of homophobic "Team Breezy" tweets

Daniel D'Addario Monday, Jan 28, 2013 4:14 PM UTC 11
Entertainment Chris Brown, Frank Ocean, LGBT

A hip-hop artist’s career unravels for talking trash

Azealia Banks calls blogger Perez Hilton "a messy faggot" — and ignores GLAAD's plea to make amends for the slur

Daniel D'Addario Monday, Jan 7, 2013 5:26 PM UTC 10
Entertainment GLAAD, azealia banks

Rap’s killer new rhymes

Four days after Sandy Hook, Interscope drops the debut album of Chief Keef, who police say may be linked to murder

Mark Guarino Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012 11:10 PM UTC
Entertainment Chicago, Chief Keef, rap, drill rap

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