Among last night’s most noteworthy BET Awards performances was an all-star tribute to the late, great DMX, who died on April 9. The performers featured in a medley of DMX’s hits included his ’90s superstar peers (Method Man, Busta Rhymes), his Ruff Ryders affiliates (Swizz Beatz, the Lox), his young disciples Grisel...

This past weekend, as previously announced, longtime Wu-Tang Clan comrades Raekwon and Ghostface Killah went head-to-head in the latest battle from Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s pandemic institution Verzuz. It was made for a fun heartwarming spectacle — two old friends bantering back and forth, rapping immortal tracks at each o...

On Saturday night, the soul legend D’Angelo played the first-ever solo Verzuz battle. The event was billed as D’Angelo V. Friends, but for most of the night, the only friends onscreen were DJ Scratch and the guy who lit D’s blunts. (Method Man, Redman, and H.E.R. did put in appearances.) The event was mostly just a ...

Gang Starr, the duo of Guru and DJ Premier, were one of the defining New York rap groups of the '90s, and they remain the greatest, purest exemplars of that era's boom-bap sound. Guru died in 2010, but last year, Premier assembled a bunch of the group's unreleased tracks, dropping the posthumous Gang Starr album…

However, Method Man and Redman will not star in it'How High 2' will star Lil Yachty and DC Young Fly.After almost 20 years, How High 2 has finally been given a release date. Produced by MTV Studios, the follow-up to Method Man and Redman‘s cult classic 2001 film is set to star Lil Yacthy and DC Young Fly and will be released April 20, ...