COMPTON -- His name is Jason Martin. But most people know him by his stage persona, "Problem." Initially, it was just a cool rap name. Today, at 35, he's lives by his motto: Do what's right. Problem ...

Nineties West Coast pioneer DJ Quik has experienced a late-career renaissance on the strength of solo albums like 2011’s The Book of David and 2014’s The Midnight Life, as well as collaborative ...

Rap artist and producer Problem discusses the influence of Rosecrans Avenue and Compton on music. Read the full story by Randall Roberts here and explore a rolling map of Rosecrans and listen to the ...

If you’ve been reading the latest in the endless cycle of complaints about rap music’s pernicious influence — Google’s colossal waste of time, “Hip-Hop On Trial,” from last month; or Touré’s ...

This year marks 50 years since hip-hop began, and today, one element of the genre seems to be on trial. In recent years, many rappers — both mainstream artists and those in their mixtape era — are ...

Hey, glad you've tuned in! We've got a doozy this week on Who Wants to Be a Campaign Strategist?, so let's get to it. Here's the scenario: Footage surfaced of your candidate displaying the attitudes ...

It's time to acknowledge that the Grammy Awards has a real race problem on its hands: It's racing toward total irrelevance. Well before the night reached its disappointing apex, viewers were already ...

Lakeith Stanfield once deemed classic Batman villain The Joker a heroic figure, saying, “He makes you have to look in the mirror and flip everything on its head and make you have to laugh at ...

Across the continent, performers have dabbled in Holocaust denial, anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and threats against “Zionists.” (JTA) — On a warm summer day in Oslo last year, Kaveh Kholardi ...

(ATLANTA, Ga.) — There’s renewed concern about an uptick in violence in the entertainment industry. It comes after the shocking death of popular rapper and Gwinnett County native Takeoff, one-third of ...