Rap and Hip-Hop

June 11, 2025

Pitbull Fans Are Buying Bald Caps and Suits for His ‘Party After Dark’ Tour

Outside the O2 Arena in London on Monday evening, the hip-hop superstar Pitbull tore into a bowl of chicken katsu curry. A few feet away, Pitbull […]
June 8, 2025

Ahead of BET Awards Tribute to ‘106 & Park,’ Hosts Recall the Show’s Defining Moments

Ahead of a planned 25th-anniversary tribute during the BET Awards, past hosts of the influential video countdown show reflected on the moments they can’t forget. When […]
February 28, 2025

ASAP Rocky, Cleared in Legal Battle, Gets Right Back to Fashion

At a dinner in Milan the rapper spoke about beating his assault case, his maturing style and when a new album may finally arrive. ASAP Rocky […]
December 21, 2024

Doechii’s Latest Looks on ‘Tiny Desk’ and ‘The Late Show’ Are a Hit With Fans

Braids as tethers, visible face tape, hip-hop-inflected preppiness: Recent looks by the Grammy-nominated rapper have inspired fascination and at least one nail-art tribute. It wasn’t long […]
October 24, 2024

Samuel L. Jackson, Megan Thee Stallion and Sarah Jessica Parker Pick Up Honors

Fall gala season is in full swing with its annual marathon of lavish events drawing influential and powerful figures. Across New York, actors, musicians, politicians, philanthropists […]
May 6, 2024

New Ho King, a Chinese Restaurant, Is Winning the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef

New Ho King, open since 1976 in Toronto, has become an unlikely pop-culture battleground after being featured in songs from both rappers. The last six weeks […]
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 […]