Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Al is joined ...

Are you nervous about the release of your first major label project? Nah, I’m never nervous, man. How is Rebirth different from the projects you’ve released before? It’s actually a combination of ...

When I started writing about music for The A.V. Club back in 1998, beginning with the soundtrack to Bulworth, hip-hop gave me a niche. ’90s rap in the rearview—an introduction ...

Design by Grace Aretakis/Daily. Buy this photo. If you asked a rap fan in 2010 who their favorite female rapper was, chances are that list would begin and end at “Nicki Minaj.” While the 90s and early ...

With a troubled lifestyle in his past and with his focus on “Trumping” the competition on his way to the top of the rap game, Ohio bred rapper Pierre Alexander is up front about his ability to ...

The 2010s saw the rise of hip-hop/rap to levels of popularity that it has never seen before with its evolution into the wide array of sounds that are present today. The variety of sounds in today’s ...

There are similarities between Detroit and Milwaukee’s respective street rap scenes, but that doesn’t mean they are the same. Yes, both rely on animated personalities, absurdly funny punchlines, and ...