That question purposely paraphrases the title of a classic hip-hop single, “P.S.K. What Does It Mean?” That song, ironically, never defined the term, but was wild popular nevertheless. The answer to ...

Dancers crowd in a circle, encouraging a lone performer in the center. For the solo dancer, the circle – called a cypher – represents a safe space where he can express himself through hip-hop music ...

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Eminem’s freestyle on the BET Hip-Hop Awards show was not good. Like many of the overrated rap titan’s worst songs, it was filled with colorful metaphors about nothing and fanciful, ridiculous ...

We’re just a few days before the clock takes us into 2026, but Fabolous is making it feel like 2006. The Brooklyn rapper ...

In the small and unassuming space, tucked into an industrial warehouse in Everett, MCs crowd into tight circles, while two mics are ritualistically passed around the room. Artists and enthusiasts ...

The company of Freestyle Love Supreme picks up their mics on Broadway once again for a limited run at the Booth Theatre. Previews begin October 7 ahead of an October 19 opening night. The return ...

Hit-Boy delivered a new freestyle along with a clip showing robbers breaking into his studio and clowned them for getting little for it.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tommy Kail have turned their the improv hip-hop show into a TV series on Pivot. Given that the show is now on the small screen, we recently spoke with Lin-Manuel Miranda and ...

Improvisation requires a very specific, felicitous skill set: humor, memory, flexibility, acute listening, openness, wit and wordplay. When you add in rhythm and rhyme, a human percussionist and two ...

Chris Sullivan, Wayne Brady, Anthony Veneziale, Aneesa Folds, and Kurt Crowley (on keyboard) in "Freestyle Love Supreme." (Courtesy Joan Marcus) At first, only the silhouettes of the "Freestyle Love ...