Rap music is often seen as a serious genre, tackling heavy subjects and showcasing complex lyricism. However, many rappers also possess a sharp wit and a knack for clever wordplay, resulting in some ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers who ...

Talking is hard. Circumstances can sometimes negatively dictate the sentences that come dribbling out of our mouths, and in a lifetime that will be made up of millions upon millions of words, human ...

Over the course of their nearly 30-year career, the Beastie Boys gave us hundreds of genius lyrics. Their knack for obscure references, and rhymes that no one else could possibly think of is why ...

How do you pass the time when cancer treatment means you're largely confined to your hospital room for weeks on end?Tom Gillin, a 19-year-old college student, chose a less-than-obvious choice: He ...

The rap war between Drake and half of the rap game is underway, and the memes are flying. Drake is generally a pretty unserious guy (anybody who labels themself the “Petty King” in a song knows a ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers who ...

“Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients / Youngbloods can’t spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.” Mos Def raises the stakes of this rhyme in the first line by presenting the ...