Hip-Hop
Inside FlipTop: The Legendary Battle Rap League From the Philippines
VICE spoke with the league’s founder and emcees about how it has shaped local hip-hop for over a decade.
billy woods Makes Himself at Home
The celebrated veteran New York rapper’s career is an exercise in patience, defined by his kaleidoscopic poetic genius.
Inside Jail Time Records, a Music Label Started in a Notorious Prison
From a studio in a Cameroon jail, a revolutionary record label gives inmates a voice, with ambitions to expand across Africa.
Watch Rapper Lola Brooke Answer Some of Life's Most Important Questions
The Brooklyn native takes on the "Questionnaire of Life".
Slick Rick to Missy Elliott: The Stories Behind 3 Iconic Hip-Hop Photos
Photographers from the new “Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious” show on what it's like to capture music history as it happened.
DO: A ‘Cross-Continental Left-Field Rap Extravaganza’ At Miscellania
MC Yallah – "an incredibly dextrous rapper who can spit on the most fucked up beats and make it sound cohesive" – is in town.
Trump’s Lawyer’s ‘Rap Lyrics Defense’ Could Keep Trump Out of Jail
Trump’s lawyer has worked for hip-hop stars like Cardi B, Migos, and Gucci Mane. He says there’s a parallel between Trump’s Georgia probe and the rap world.
Trump's Criminal Defense Attorney Is an Atlanta Hip-Hop Legend
Drew Findling built a reputation as hip-hop’s premier criminal defense attorney, representing Cardi B, Migos and Gucci Mane. Now he’s defending Trump from one of the former president’s most potent legal threats.