Rap and Hip-Hop

December 18, 2019

Gary Vaynerchuk Is a Rapper’s Best Friend

ATLANTA — On a recent weekday afternoon, the fast-talking entrepreneur and advertising executive Gary Vaynerchuk, better known as Gary Vee, jumped out of an Escalade and […]
February 10, 2019

Live Updates: Grammys 2019: What to Watch For

As the 61st annual ceremony arrives, the Grammys are struggling to remain relevant and to meet demands for more equitable gender representation.
November 22, 2018

Getting It on the Wrist (Yo!)

Sometimes a watch company’s most unexpected promotion can turn up — in a rapper’s lyric.
January 17, 2018

Up Next: A Versace Model, Rapper and ASAP Mob Collaborator. And He’s Only 19.

Advertisement Judah Lang Age 19 Hometown SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan Now Lives In the same loft on Greene Street where he grew up with his parents […]
December 16, 2017

The Look: Seoul’s Bumping B-Boy Scene

Advertisement The members of the Gorilla crew dance on the roof of their studio in the Guui area of Seoul, near Konkuk University.CreditAn Rong Xu for […]
November 23, 2017

Encounters: The Rapper 2 Chainz Sizes Up the Art at Christie’s

Encounters By DAN HYMAN The rapper 2 Chainz has a thing for luxury, so when he was in New York earlier this month to promote his […]
November 1, 2017

Style Q & A: The Roots’ Black Thought on Philadelphia Style. And His Beard.

Tariq Trotter, 44, a founder of the music collective the Roots (and the house band for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”), could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. […]
October 16, 2017

Nicki Minaj, Always in Control

This story is one of the seven covers of T Magazine’s Greats issue, on newsstands Oct. 22. THE DAY I WAIT in the hotel lobby of […]
April 4, 2017

List of Five: Work Boots and a Marni Jacket: The Style of Joey Badass

The 22-year-old rapper and actor Joey Badass (born Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott) recently released the single “Land of the Free” and is set to drop a full […]
March 3, 2017

Vows: An Islamic Romance, Soundtrack by Kanye and Drake

Vows By BROOKE LEA FOSTER In fall 2013, Samir Nurmohamed wanted desperately to go out with Salimah Nooruddin. There was only one problem: He had decided […]