Noisey looks back at three classic mixtapes in hip-hop history that have quietly gone underrated and overlooked in history.

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish. Credit... Supported by By Jon Caramanica For the last year, ...

Recorded at Ludlow House in partnership with On Air Presents, the episode explores how mixtapes evolved from homemade cassette recordings into one of the most important fixtures in hip-hop culture, ...

I’m from the small Central Illinois town of Decatur. My hometown is one of the sites where the war on drugs and many of its battles took place. In 2018, Decatur was listed at number seven in USA Today ...

Pressing altered versions of classic projects into boutique collector’s items sends a fuzzy message in a significant year, Nadine Smith writes. This year has been filled with countless tributes to rap ...

The GRAMMY Museum is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with the “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit.” Running from October 7 until September 4, 2024, the 5,000-square foot installation explores the ...

At first many dismissed it as a fad when it exploded out of the Bronx after a dance party in the summer of 1973 where Dj Kool Herc used two turntables to switch back and forth between two records to ...

Few groups have contributed more to universal vernacular than Hip Hop. Having originated in New York City and expanded to other metropolitan areas across the globe, the culture's linguistic phenomenon ...

January 2025 kicked off with a major ice storm across the U.S. and Canada dumping more than a foot of snow across multiple states and provinces. And the frost isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, with ...

On this day in 2002, 50 Cent released his breakthrough mixtape Guess Who’s Back?, marking a pivotal moment in his career and setting the stage for his rise to global recognition. Released through the ...

Rapper Noname is scheduled to bring her "Telefone" 10th anniversary tour to the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco for one ...

The Phoenix Symphony will close out its season May 17 to 19 with a performance combining the music of Gustav Mahler, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Titled “The Resurrection Mixtape,” it’s the ...