By AltPress Maybe it’s just us, but it seems like the Trump family are doing a fine job pitching civil rights, international diplomacy an...

By Jermaine Broadnax, AllHipHop While one side of the country mourns, the other side of the country celebrates, welcome to America. Georg...

We dive into the historical vault of hip-hop songs where rappers have gone so far as to call for the commander-in-chief's head. By Philli...

By Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian Coldplay’s new album features a snatch of Barack Obama singing Amazing Grace during his eulogy for the Re...

By Preezy, TheBoombox Challenging authority and bucking the status quo has long been one of the more endearing and powerful qualities of ...

By Amanda Mester, Ambrosia for Heads On July 13, 1990, the first album to be adorned with a parental advisory sticker hit the shelves, us...

By Chris Yuscavage, Complex Remember when album covers were a really important part of rappers' albums? Now that most people steal or buy...

By SPIN Staff, SPIN Magazine At times, particularly during the first half of the '90s, the number of institutional attempts to push back ...

By Erik Adams, Marah Eakin, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Emily Todd VanDerWerff, Tasha Robinson, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, and Scott Tobia...

By Alexisgarrettstodghill, The Grio In 1991, rapper Ice Cube bashed his then nemesis, Eazy-E on his dis song “No Vaseline” with the line ...

By Eric K. Arnold, East Bay Express From a pop culture standpoint, it's always an interesting sign when quality reissues trump current re...

By Grahame Bent, Recordcollectormag.com Never afraid to stand alone Paris has likewise never been one to sit on the fence. With the after...

By J.H. Tompkins, SF Bay Guardian Looking for travel info? A fresh take on tired scriptures? Keep stepping, you won't find it here. The D...

By Jon Caramanica, Blender Get Paris's diet right: “The only motherfuckin’ pig I eat is police.” Always a degree or two more incendiary t...

By Paris, Washington Post Op-Ed A LOT of people are giving Bill Clinton advice these days. Here's mine. Although many Americans are joyfu...

By CMJ Staff, CMJ BIueprint for violence or merely expression of outrage? Is an angry, politically-based record a threat to society, or ...

By Scott Frampton, CMJ New Music Report Chances are everyone who's been within earshot of the controversy surrounding Sleeping With The E...

By David Browne and James Bernard, Entertainment Weekly Another month, another rap controversy. Or so it seemed when Bay Area-based rappe...

By Chuck Philips, New York Newsday The record industry is quietly putting an end to violent, angry "gangsta" rap songs that portray the k...

By Jon Pareles, The New York Times Ice Cube does some gloating on his new album, "The Predator." "Anything you wanted to know about the r...