Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friendship is the real currency in the game of Hip Hop. Before the labels, the tours, and the headlines, there’s usually someone ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...