Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse meets ...

From Annenberg to Instagram, queerness becomes an object of close-reading, our eyes trained on the if of inner identity.

Baron Davis, the South Central L.A. legend, is navigating the transition of life after hoops with his second love: rapping.

Metta Sandiford-Artest never cultivated the lyrical sharpness expected from someone whose childhood babysitter was Roxanne Shante -- though he did possess a Lil B-like gift for bridging bizarre ...

A shooting at a northern Texas car wash Monday killed a 5-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man who was reportedly local rapper G$ Lil Ronnie. Police said two suspects opened fire at the victims ...

When Gavin Pennington was a middle schooler, he and his little brother had pictures of the rapper Lil Baby as their phone ...

Lil Wayne ran through five cuts off his Tha Carter series of albums for his SNL50: The Anniversary Special appearance. By Tyler Jenke Lil Wayne has joined the eclectic roster of musical guests to ...

Wanda Sykes has a hilarious reason why she wanted to play Kevin Hart’s mother in his new animated series, “Lil Kev.” “I get to yell at Kevin all time,” she deadpanned to CNN.