Prince Paul

A month or so ago New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones wrote a column about the state of rap, starting with the proposition ("proclamation" would be too bombastic a word) that 2009 was, in fact, the year of hip-hop's death. Read More

So what has the hip hop iconoclast been up to these last seven years? Read More

One of the most genuinely chilling hip-hop tracks ever, this Geto Boys song convincingly paints a (somewhat) nuanced portrait of paranoia and psychological deterioration. Read More

Handsome Boy Modelling School is a now defunct project, formerly comprised of Dan the Automator and Prince Paul. The two are real hip-hop heavyweights, so when my brother gave me the album 'White People' a few years ago now I was pretty excited. Read More

Hip-hop is faker than Vince McMahon's business plan and tan combined. Read More

SVU ," the Associated Press has reported that a Castro Valley rapper who called himself Syko Sam was arrested in Farmville, VA, charged with one count of murder, for killing a priest - a charge which could be expanded to four murders once the additional alleged victims are ID'd. Read More