The latest installment of Hip-Hop Evolution was published Today on Netflix. The 2nd season of the docuseries will examine the regionality of hip-hop in America, even though (funny enough) the docuseries is produced and narrated by a Canadian production team, the host being Canuck rapper Shad, who once hosted a nationally-syndicated talk radio show in his native country. ...

The NBA has begun to unroll their City Edition uniforms for early November. Today (Oct. 24) the Brooklyn Nets' City Edition jersey was revealed and it features a stunning tribute to the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G.

The City Edition jerseys are ...

Contact High is an essential new photography book edited by longtime journalist (and FADER contributor) Vikki Tobak. Billed as “a visual archive of hip-hop,” it pairs legendary photos from the genre’s 40 years with unedited contact sheets and commentary ...

Why only certain rap hits endure—and why “Juicy” may be the exception.

One of my many favorite things about “Juicy,” the Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 classic that ranks fifth in Slate’s New American Songbook, is that Biggie himself didn’t even like it. When Sean “Puffy” Combs declared that the song would be the lead single from the rapper’s ...

Longtime Brooklyn resident and artist Leroy McCarthy continues his fight to have a Clinton Hill street renamed after legendary rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as The Notorious B.I.G.

On Thursday, McCarthy will present his second proposal to Community Board 2 (CB2) to co-name a section of St. James Place near ...

Hip-hop artists have always worn seriously cool designer shades. These days, we've got Offset rocking Bugatti, Drake and Wiz Khalifa favoring Saint Laurent and Future flossing with Temple and Bridges, just to name a few. But no one showed more loyalty to his favorite sunglasses ...