An influential rap collective is hard to find. When voices and rhythms, each with their own dynamic eccentricities, come together, some artists are overshadowed and individuality fades away. Then ...

Kung Fu Vampire brings its blood-curdling hip-hop to the Mile High City just in time for Halloween. Formed over a decade ago, the San Jose-based act is lead by the group’s namesake, who’s ferocious, ...

Houston’s history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We’ll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com.

If you've ever wondered whether Tom Hanks remembers that rap from his 1988 film "Big," your question is about to be answered. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Of all the rappers to come out of the Flint-Beecher explosion of 2020, KrispyLife Kidd is one of the funniest. With a heavy voice and deep arsenal of punchlines, Kidd always has a ridiculous anecdote ...

In most Western writing about Vietnam, the fall of Saigon in 1975 is an ending to the story. In Vietnamese-American playwright Qui Nguyen's Vietgone, it's a starting point. The 2015 play, opening the ...