Rapper Chuck D, of Public Enemy fame, is one of several who agree that basketball greats and hip-hop excellence share a similar foundation. Shakeia Taylor and Jason Jones, The Athletic For decades, ...

Drake once said, “Sports and music are so synonymous, because we want to be them and they want to be us.” Nobody embodies that line more than Flau’Jae Johnson. She burst onto the scene two years ago ...

She started rapping “Mockingbird” in the middle of a busy restaurant, and within seconds, the entire atmosphere changed. What began as a normal evening quickly turned into an unexpected live ...

The Almanac of Rap is back. Some conversations hit differently when they’re rooted in music and culture. That’s what has made Okayplayer’s two-time Webby Award-winning podcast a standout since day one ...