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Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap albums of all time. Thousands of you did. Below, find those results, and compare them to our ...

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Last week, Complex posted a list of the 50 Best LA Rappers of All Time, which had Kendrick Lamar at #1, followed by Snoop Dogg at #2, Ice Cube at #3, Dr. Dre at #4, and Tyler, the Creator at #5. The ...

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In August of 2025, hip-hop turned the still-very-young age of 52, but let some of its fans tell it the genre is still a young man’s game. However, upon looking at its current landscape, some of rap’s ...

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The acclaimed, irreverent comedy series, ‘The Vince Staples Show,’ returns to Netflix on November 6. 19 minutes ago South Carolina-based YouTuber NoLifeShaq posed the question Saturday night. For a ...