This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

The South Bronx native rose to prominence in 2021 when he produced ‘My Everything’, the breakthrough track for fellow New York rapper B-Lovee that sampled Mary J. Blige’s ‘Everything’. The song went ...

I’m sitting in the basement of a low-rise corner building in Bushwick with 23-year-old rapper/producer Cash Cobain, and it’s finally time to throw on the Spice Girls. The basement is a converted ...

The rapper and producer’s lusty rhymes and unorthodox samples have made hits for hip-hop’s most lascivious luminaries. With a new album, he aims to join them. The rapper and producer’s lusty rhymes ...

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. Baltimore MC ...

A fusion of New York drill and Jersey club has been bubbling in the tri-state area over the last few months to become the dominating sound of the summer. New York drill has maintained its status as ...

The UK's urban music scene is flourishing. After grime rose up from the underground to dominate the charts and plant Stormzy on Glastonbury's main stage, drill artists like Central Cee have broken ...