I can’t even remember the last time I actually held a CD mixtape, much less played one. But there’s a CD wallet kicking around in storage that’s filled with unassuming silver discs doodled on with ...

Spotify’s Gimlet is tapping a nostalgic vein with “Mogul Mixtapes,” a throwback interview series taking listeners back to iconic moments in hip-hop history. The new show is a spinoff of critically ...

Clifford “T.I.” Harris is one of the greatest rappers of all time, the self-proclaimed King of the South. He’s also one of the rare MCs whose speaking voice isn’t a faint hint of the voice he raps ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I never want to be the guy who’s like, “hip-hop was better back in the ...

With his genre-bending, surreal first feature film Starfish, writer/director A.T. White is already making a name for himself in independent horror. White is an award-winning filmmaker and musician ...

As you get older, two of the hardest things to keep up with are friends and music. Thankfully, I found a remedy: a mix club. A mix club is what happens when all the music geeks in one office find each ...

OPINION: Mixtapes were a critical part of pre-internet hip-hop culture. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I ...

A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I think a lot about appreciation. I teach my kids that treating gratefulness like a daily practice can help them build meaningful lives. I've actually got a ...

The other night I was listening to Hot 97 and, after a seemingly endless mix of boring-ass Drake and 21 Savage album cuts, that Lil Uzi Vert club song that won’t go away, and the bubblegum Coi Leray ...

When Lin-Manuel Miranda was a teenager in the 1990s, he liked to make eclectic mixtapes for his friends. In those cassettes, he experimented with the rise and fall of energy in music: A musical ...