The NBA and hip-hop have been intertwined for decades, with players influencing rap culture through fashion, music, and collaborations with artists. This list highlights five hoopers who represent hip ...
You know how the cliché goes: rappers want to be basketball players, and basketball players want to be rappers. This has been a truism since the '90s, when rap really started taking off as a ...
A few months ago, I had lunch with a close friend in Manhattan. We met at an upscale Japanese sushi restaurant. He’s a partner at a major law firm. He’s a graduate of Harvard and a top-tier law school ...
The hip-hop landscape shifted dramatically when NBA YoungBoy achieved what no artist in music history had accomplished before: securing 34 entries on the prestigious Billboard 200 albums chart. This ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. UNDATED: Shaquille O'Neal raps in a studio. (Photo by Focus on ...
Kurtis Blow's 1984 classic "Basketball" was not just about his personal love for the game, but an expression of solidarity between the game and rap. Since hip hop came onto the scene in 1973, its ...
It’s been nearly two decades since the Philadelphia 76ers sniffed a chance at winning a championship, and now the Eastern Conference franchise is hoping to use some of the success that they had in the ...
Following three years of house arrest and a pardon from President Trump, the Baton Rouge, La., rapper recently completed one of the biggest tours in rap history. Critic’s Notebook Following three ...