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

The crack explosion in the mid-1980s spawned millionaire kingpins who waged violent turf wars, along with countless ...

I went from punk rock deadlifts to squatting with Miles Davis,’ Narayan says, ‘and discovered that jazz is the ultimate ...

Hip Hop’s love affair with fitted caps has always gone beyond sports. These four MLB teams—White Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, and ...

There was gangsta rap, which was violent and misogynistic ... By the 2000s, as Gilbert notes, “sex was culture. There was no need to pretend anyone was interested in anything else.” ...

During a master class with students, the rap legend and TV star spoke candidly about humility, hustle and how he turned early ...

The Medicine Woman Jersey City dispensary had its grand opening on April 19, where various celebrity guests joined owners Charis Burrett and Ice-T.

On Saturday August 22, 1987, 75,000 metalheads undertook a pilgrimage to Donington Park for the eighth staging of the annual ...

dysfunctional “Gangsta” rap culture, failing schools, and hostility toward charter and religious schools. The book was praised across political lines in 2006 as surprising testimony coming ...

Cadillac was written into pop culture by Black musicians and honored by celebrities like Redd Foxx, Moms Mabley, and boxer ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion ...

Ice-T is known for his longtime role as New York cop Fin Tutuola on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and as a rapper who helped pioneer the gangsta rap genre. Now, he can include on his ...