By Elisa Ludwig, eMusic ContributorEddie Huang, celebrity chef, TV host and author of the memoir <em>Fresh Off the Boat</em>, is pretty sure that hip-hop saved his life when he was a bullied, racially "other" kid growing up in Florida.… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAccording to a story over at HipHopDX, Universal Records has partnered with Sendapackage.com (tagline: "New York's Inmate Superstore") for special cassette pressings of records from such hip-hop icons as Nas, Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G. "I… more »
By Sean Fennessey, eMusic ContributorIt's not that he was the first storyteller. Or the first vulnerable MC. Or the first fabulist. Or gangsta. Or lyrically lyrical lyricist. Or loverman. Or even the first fat rapper. But Christopher Wallace, while… more »
By Sean Fennessey, eMusic ContributorHagiography has always been paramount to hip-hop. But what do you call death wish autobiography? Never before has a rapper been so knowing about the evil that men do, reveled in it, then ultimately lamented… more »
By Hua Hsu, eMusic ContributorFor those of us who regard art as an index of ideas, hopes and anxieties over time, there is a mystique to things that were never able to see the proper light of their respective… more »