Rap and Hip-Hop

December 11, 2023

Bad Blood: A Timeline of the Taylor Swift-Kanye West-Kim Kardashian Feud

After 14 years, a new interview suggests this dispute may keep giving us new chapters. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Optimus […]
August 14, 2023

Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary

The start of hip-hop dates to Aug. 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc created continuous break-beats by working two turntables during a party in a rec […]
August 14, 2023

Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary

The start of hip-hop dates to Aug. 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc created continuous break-beats by working two turntables during a party in a rec […]
June 18, 2023

Pharrell Williams on His New Role at Louis Vuitton

Earlier this month, Pharrell Williams was in the men’s atelier on the second floor of Louis Vuitton’s corporate office in Paris, sunglasses on, surveying his new […]
May 15, 2023

Hip-Hop’s Next Takeover: Bisa Butler’s Quilts

Art of Craft is a series about specialists whose work rises to the level of art. The textile artist Bisa Butler was working in her studio […]
February 23, 2023

Pharrell Threads the Needle

Why Louis Vuitton chose Mr. Williams as its new designer of men’s wear. It’s bigger than hip-hop. Earlier this month at the Grammys, Pharrell Williams hit the […]
February 9, 2023

Hip-Hop Fashion Pioneers Reminisce About Clothes That Shaped the Genre

A proud crowd of hip-hop style pioneers gathered at the Museum at F.I.T. on Tuesday night to toast the opening of a show that celebrates the […]
February 8, 2023

On Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary, a Look at the Genre’s Fashion

A museum exhibition and book kick off the anniversary of a genre incubated in the Bronx and exported to the world. “Everything is a flashback,” Syreeta […]
February 5, 2023

Alex Moss, Jewelry Designer to Drake, Releases New Collection

The jewelry designer Alex Moss specializes in creating custom pieces for clients like Drake and Jack Harlow. This month, he releases a collection available to the […]
September 6, 2022

Ice, Ice Baby

The 1990s rapper known as Vanilla Ice is back, performing concerts, opening a museum and hawking a namesake energy drink. “I just want to go back […]