One half of “The Typewriter and the Guillotine” is compelling, and it’s probably not the half you’d think. “The Typewriter” part of Mark Braude’s account of midcentury Paris is the better part (and it ...

One half of “The Typewriter and the Guillotine” is compelling, and it’s probably not the half you’d think. “The Typewriter” part of Mark Braude’s account of midcentury Paris is the better part (and it ...

The Compton rapper came into the biggest night in music with an astounding nine nominations, and he has already won three awards. Before the Grammys officially aired, Lamar won Best Melodic Rap ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

In 1977, France carried out its final execution using the guillotine, a device associated with the French Revolution. The execution occurred behind prison walls, far from public view, yet it sparked ...

In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the intersection of Janet Flanner’s career and a lurid murder case. By Glynnis MacNicol Glynnis MacNicol is the author, most recently, of ...

For two weeks in March 1939, as Hitler completed his annexation of Czechoslovakia and Europe braced for war, a lurid murder trial captivated Paris. Eugen Weidmann, a German drifter, had killed six ...

**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** Additionally, in mid-September 2025, only four hip-hop songs were on ...

The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” passed in 2025, made many changes to federal student loan ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

Kool G Rap says there’s a “high probability” he’ll collaborate with Nas for the next “Legend Has It” installment! Kool G Rap just dropped a gem and we are all going crazy over it. Hip-Hop heads are ...