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When the Perpetrator Gets the Microphone Before the Victim

*Sometimes the most revealing part of a news story is not simply what happened. It is whom the media allows to explain …

*Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk is heading into a federal murder-for-hire trial Monday in Los Angeles, where prosecutors …

*Lupe Fiasco is pushing back against the pressure to own everything, arguing that renting a home or car doesn’t …

*Sy’rai is ready. The singer stepped into a new chapter Thursday night with SY’RAI PRESENTS: COLD WAR, an intimate, …

*Kanye West is heading to Russia for two concerts after a series of European setbacks left several of his planned …

*Master P isn’t surprised that Jay-Z’s latest business venture has sparked criticism. The No Limit Records …

*Fifty-three years after hip-hop emerged from the streets of the Bronx, the culture that began with block parties, DJs, …

*Willie D is turning 60, and he plans to celebrate the milestone by putting himself directly in the comedy hot seat. …

*Megan Thee Stallion is entering the next phase of her career with a new partnership that gives her access to Interscope …

*Michelle Obama told Megan Thee Stallion something during their nearly two-hour conversation that immediately made the …

*Fredro Starr is taking the energy of hip-hop’s golden era from the stage to the screen with The Tunnel, a new …

*Nicki Minaj is putting her political influence behind Byron Donalds as the Florida Republican seeks his party’s …

*Ray J finally got Orlando Brown into a boxing ring Saturday night in Atlanta, survived three rounds that won’t …

*Deijae Jester, who killed Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke at age 15, has received a four-year sentence after pleading no …

*Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma has dropped a new song, “Wanna Go,” that appears to reopen her increasingly …