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 ...

These online communities are incubators for innovation, where the exchange of ideas is as free-form as a freestyle cypher ... the perfect beat. The future of hip-hop production is hybrid ...

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 ...

Randall Park can rap? On Friday, Sway shared a clip of the MCU actor spitting an insane two-minute freestyle over a beat from in-house producer ItsReallyDB. “Peeing on you peons for eons/Only ...

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 ...

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 ...