Tupac Amaru Shakur

It’s because the rapper’s life and work were a cascade of contradictions that we’re still trying to figure him out today.

Rap beef is form of capitalist accumulation that enriches artists—and, most of all, the corporate suits that run their record labels.

In a white supremacist society, where Black people are still fighting for freedom, the Black family offers protection and, at times, a space for resistance.

Pregnant and facing decades in prison, the mother of Tupac Shakur fought for her life — and triumphed — in the trial of the Panther 21.

We cannot understand the last fifty years of U.S. history—certainly not the first thing about Black history—without studying the emergence and evolution of rap.

It’s been 25 years since Puff Daddy went to the Hamptons. What’s changed?

A generation is still dying younger than it should—this time, of “natural causes.”

A few decades ago, the left and the right, politicians and the public, universally embraced the criminalization of drug use. But a new consensus has emerged.

Delivering the mail used to be sexy and thrilling. It can be once more.

Revisiting the timeless 1992 debut from Dr. Dre, a historic moment in hip-hop that redefined West Coast rap.

Looking at the reporter’s life through five houses in Baltimore.

Shaq, Baron Davis, and Nick Van Exel reflect on The Notorious B.I.G., his murder, and the city they called home.