“Cipher” refers to either a code—a language known only by adepts, impenetrable to outsiders—or the figure zero. “Cypher,” meanwhile, refers to both a code and a circular shape. The difference is that ...

It’s around 9:00 on a Tuesday evening in East Quad’s Abeng Multicultural Lounge. A few students sit in comfy armchairs listening to hip-hop beats, reciting poems to each other and discussing a mixtape ...

This can be said about a lot of things, but this might be the worst thing ever made and released in the history of the internet. On Monday, Clemson’s athletic department decided to tune in with the ...

The term 'kill' became a Hip-hop colloquialism to define excellent performances off New York pavements, University of Lagos rap battles, and cassette aided freestyles in Jos and Kaduna, either in ...

The comedian's Chocolate Droppa alter ego is back. By Michael Saponara Kevin Hart revived his Chocolate Droppa rap alter ego to make a surprise appearance as part of Kai Cenat’s AMP 2024 Freshman ...

Over the last 17 years, XXL has proudly and confidently worked to predict the next rap stars to take over hip-hop. New artists burst onto the scene daily with the makings of the next J. Cole, Kendrick ...

There are a few essentials that make a cypher complete. Nas informed the masses it was suede Timbs on his 1994 hit "The World Is Yours." Ab-Soul and Sauce Walka took a page from the Queens rapper's ...

The first sentence in the description for Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Government of Boston College event, “The Pursuit of Happiness: Mental Health in Hip Hop,” was a question: “Have you ever heard a ...

It might be 95 degrees on this sultry summer evening in East Point, but here in the CreateATL outdoor space, much of the heat the crowd is feeling comes from the rapid-fire lyrical craftsmanship that ...