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by Celeste Little onDecember 19, 2012
The Root Recommends: A photography book from Michael Miller, who shot Snoop, Eazy-E and others.
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by Andreas Hale onDecember 12, 2012
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are rap icons, but few of the album's guests have been so lucky 20 years later.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onAugust 15, 2012
Has the rapper-turned-reggae artist really turned over a new leaf, or is this just a marketing ploy?
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by Timmhotep Aku onAugust 12, 2012
MCs have gone from rhyming about weed to lyrical odes to trippier substances like MDMA and Xanax.
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by Gaye Theresa Johnson onJune 16, 2012
Gaye Theresa Johnson, writing for the Huffington Post, says that Ice-T's movie The Art of Rap demonstrates that hip-hop has re-created itself to become a space for black collective commentary on contemporary social issues.
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by Dr. Joycelyn Wilson onOctober 19, 2011
A Harvard hip-hop scholar compares the golden age to today's era of violence and greed.
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November 11, 2010
From our sister site, Slate.com: The editors respond to the errors discovered in The Anthology of Rap.
