You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at ...

You may have seen or heard about the electrifying performances at Wellesley’s annual hip-hop showcase, “Jam On It,” held ...

The time has come, my beautiful beat heads. This week's Ear Candy is Lowkey Hip-Hop & Rap. Maybe I'm partial, but plugging ...

Randall Park can rap? On Friday, Sway shared a clip of the MCU actor spitting an insane two-minute freestyle over a beat from ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Lola Brooke, Lil Baby, and Quavo. While it’s not the ...

On Monday (March 31), Smith stopped by Lyrical Lemonade’s “Lunch Break Freestyle” as part of the continued roll out for his new album Based on a True Story. During his time on the show, the Oscar ...

Tyler, the Creator addressed criticism over his “That Guy” freestyle on Kendrick Lamar ... defending the move as a staple of Hip-Hop culture. He also called critics out of touch with the ...

and do the same flow over the same beat.” And I’m like, “Damn, that’s somebody else who did not grow up listening to rap or hip-hop.” ‘Cause if you grew up listening to rap or hip-hop ...

It was also a stage for DJs, beatmakers and rappers, and a meeting point for Manchester’s hip-hop community. Now, after years of serving up old-school beats and battered fish, those days have come to ...