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Drake alluded to a future 'graceful exit' from the music industry during a new interview with rapper Lil Yachty. The 36-year-old Hotline Bling rapper mentioned that he was starting to consider a graceful exit though he didn't give a timetable for such an exit. 'Well, I think on a broader scale, I think I’m at the point now where I just wanna — I feel like maybe we talked about this the other day — […]

The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led to legal troubles, and the group’s longtime exclusion from streaming. Trugoy the Dove, one-third of the influential hip-hop group De La Soul, has died. A representative for the trio confirmed the news to Pitchfork today (February 12). Trugoy was 54 years old. A cause of death has not yet been revealed, […]

Complex has named 21 Savage the best rapper of 2022, prompting plenty of discussion from fans on social media. In making the decision, the outlet cited his “consistent output, improvement, and evolution of his cadence and wordplay with every verse.” “I just feel like a lot of people lose their spot trying to take somebody else’s,” 21 told Complex for the piece. “I’d rather just keep [trying to outdo myself] over and over.” […]