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In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, assumes the shape of the standard biopic formula.

Will Ferrell stars in this offbeat drama that's based on a Raymond Carver short story.

More popular dead than alive, the hip-hop Tupac Shakur is remembered in this authorized documentary.

Time does no favors to this delayed investigation into Biggie’s murder

Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.

Trio tells the story of the N-word, and then Chuck D takes over

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

A great hangout, maybe not a great restaurant

What we’re listening to

Longtime 7 Stones frontman knows who he is and what he isn’t

Chinese concept rebels with in-your-face food and vibe

We couldn't get Kendrick on the phone, so we replayed his greatest verse

Young, fresh, Brooklyn MC ain’t sleep, sleep, sleeping

Southside Chicago MC and game changer

The deafening silence of rap in times of need

What hath Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt wrought?

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. And books.

Girl Talk's fantasy mash-ups

The war betwixt Dynamite Hack and Vallejo escalates, in truth and in fiction; Watchtower gears up to rock Germany's ass off; Hank's Roadside Cafe bites the dust.

The State of Austin's Hip-Hop Scene