Ben Affleck understands hip hop's history runs deeper than yesterday ... and the star actor had to go deep to pick his rapper ...

Taking to Instagram, Slimkid3 recalled 2Pac once telling him their debut album, "Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde," should have been platinum a long time ago.

In the latest edition of his indie rap column No Filler, Andre Gee writes about new records from Brian Ennals and Infinity Knives,Ché Noir, and Lord Sko ...

Trippie Redd lashed out at Kanye West for claiming he created rage music and accused him of misusing his platform to undermine Black artists.