The connection between hip-hop and anime was hard to explain back then, but it didn’t really have to be. It was instinctual, and it quickly became a fixture of the culture.

The night of the BET Hip-Hop Awards is the closest thing hip-hop has to a cultural holiday, in large part, because of the freestyle “Cyphers” scattered throughout the evening. The Cyphers are ...

Collaboration is at the heart of some of the best music, and rap cyphers have long been a way for artists to exchange ideas. On episode 4 of The Rap Game UK, the artists have to do just that ...