Max Weinstein

What does the 1970 trial of activist Angela Davis have to do with Jay Electronica, Just Blaze and Bobby Shmurda? Find out here.

Whose song made better use of this Willie Hutch sample, T.I. or Three 6 Mafia affiliate Kingpin Skinny Pimp?

We dug deep into Drizzy's history to uncover some stories from his past, including getting robbed on a date and sleeping in a basement as a child.

Kevin Gates lit New York City's Gramercy Theatre on fire Wednesday night (Aug. 20).

The Boombox's 16 Bars Live event in NYC featured The Roots' Black Thought and four tenacious battle rappers from across the country.

Why rappers who're trying to build their buzz and "feed the streets" should drop hot singles instead of overly long mixtapes.

What do you think would happen if Rick Ross made a song about burning the American flag? He’d have to mention roasting wings from Wingstop over the fire, right? (Rumor is that as part of his Wingstop ownership deal, he has to mention lemon pepper wings at least once every five songs.…

This week we’re going back to simpler times, when rap groups appeared on television holding staffs and wearing clothes with ankhs on them. We’ll look at two similarly named but divergently minded groups, X Clan and Double XX Posse, to see who stands the test of time. Shout out to X-Mob…

Has ScHoolboy Q struck gold with his major label debut, 'Oxymoron,' or missed the mark?

"Mussaondabeat, ho." If you aren't familiar with that tagline yet, you either don't go out enough, don't listen to the radio and you're generally oblivious to the greatness that is DJ Mustard production. The latter is practically impossible (he counts 'Rack City' and 'I'm Different' on a l…