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It’s Coi Leray’s World, Get Used to It
June 7, 2023
“If a guy carries himself like a player, like a boss, I like that,” says the 26-year-old hitmaker Coi Leray. “If you’re not trying to go outside and camp with me, you’re a dub.”
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It’s Cruel Santino’s World, You’re Just Listening to It
April 28, 2022
To mark the release of his latest album, the Nigerian rapper takes us to an alternate universe.
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Donald Glover Interviews Donald Glover
April 7, 2022
From the farm, the “Atlanta” creator faces himself.
Kevin Abstract’s Pursuit of Happiness
December 17, 2021
Ahead of his next solo album, the Brockhampton founder sits down with Tremaine Emory to talk about survivor’s guilt, the validation loop, and why happy music is harder.
the drake effect
Lil Durk and Dwyane Wade Discuss How Self-Doubt Breeds Success
December 18, 2020
The native Chicagoans bond over their hometown, overcoming adversity, and therapy.
get out the vote
Run the Jewels Wants You to Vote
October 16, 2020
Killer Mike and El-P, the rappers that make up Run the Jewels, are getting their fans up to dance and out to vote.
Do you lift, bro?
Action Bronson and CC Sabathia Plan Their Next Cheat Day
October 6, 2020
The Queens rapper and the former Yankees pitcher, who have transformed their bodies in quarantine, discuss making that bread (and not eating it).
For Mike Skinner and Oscar #Worldpeace, the Bromance Is Real
June 19, 2020
The rappers wax poetic on the finer things in life: Coco Pops, salt and vinegar peanuts, and “Call of Duty.”
Lil Tracy and Ishmael Butler Have a Father and Son Heart-to-Heart
March 23, 2020
For these two non-conformists, hip-hop runs in the family.
Zebra Katz Claims The Anti-Throne
March 20, 2020
On his debut album “Less is Moor,” the villainish electro-rapper doesn’t spare any fucks.
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Are Down With Vegan Burgers, but Maybe Not Vegan Kielbasas
July 10, 2019
Underground hip-hop’s favorite duo gives their gut feelings on everything from zebras to black holes (“That’s some ‘Avengers’ shit.”)
Drake Gets Cold Feet, and Other Stories from Twenty Years of Alife
June 27, 2019
Rob Cristofaro, a co-founder of the Lower East Side hypebeast hub, on that time John Mayer jammed with Just Blaze, and more.
Meet Ho99o9, The Unpindownable Punk-Metal-Rap Duo
June 13, 2019
Introducing a punk-metal-rap duo as unpindownable as they are unhinged.
Slowthai Wants to Be the Ambassador of Everywhere
May 9, 2019
The 24-year-old British rapper is going global with a message that is strictly local.
ScHoolboy Q Teaches Us How to Wear a Warm Beanie When it’s Hot Out
May 3, 2019
The Los Angeles-based rapper discusses life in full dad mode, from his 36 holes of daily golf to his closet filled with 50 pairs of strappy sandals.
“Eating” Chicken Satay at Mr Chow with Atlanta-Based Rapper Germ
April 12, 2019
We met with the rapper at the upscale Tribeca eatery to discuss his candy diet, looking in the mirror while you’re high, and dealing with posers. He didn’t like the chicken.
Juice WRLD Tells Avril Lavigne Why It’s Gotta Be So Complicated
February 13, 2019
Ahead of Juice WRLD’s new album, ‘A Deathrace for Love,’ the Soundcloud rapper spoke with the Canadian singer about the paradoxes of being alternative.
Rap Wunderkind Gunna Shows Us His Camera Roll
February 1, 2019
In time with his new single “One Call,” we look past the curtain of a young Atlanta hip-hop star on the rise.
nothing,nowhere. made us a playlist for his own funeral
May 7, 2018
The emo rap mainstay selects tunes from American Football and The Postal Service to soundtrack his passage into the great beyond.
Who the hell are Brockhampton?
March 30, 2018
The Los Angeles hip-hop collective are impressively diverse and versatile.