The normally calm and peaceful Andre 3000 had time for his critics today, using a new interview to respond to fellow rap artists who had a problem with his words about MCs rapping over 40.

At the very least, the presence of thug in rap keeps the word in the public’s consciousness and self-assigned to black males. Rappers are not the sole group to represent black people in America ...

Next week Yale University Press will publish a book called The Anthology of Rap [All Things Considered will air an interview with one of the editors, Adam Bradley, on Sunday].Its pages contain the ...

The normally calm and peaceful Andre 3000 had time for his critics today, using a new interview to respond to fellow rap artists who had a problem with his words about MCs rapping over 40.

Rap is the most word-intoxicated genre in the history of American popular music. Rap Battles of '8 Mile': Flying Words Are Better Than Flying Bullets - Los Angeles Times ...