Young Thug’s quick rise to the forefront of trap’s current pantheon in the last two years is at least partially a product of his unpredictability. The eccentricity of his personal life and esthetic...

From March 2 to 6, UNH students stepped into an illusion. The set, laid bare in low light as Erik Satie’s Gymnopédies danced along quietly, held the air of impossible perfection—a place too clean,...

Music is nothing new for Kevin Gates. The Lousiana-born rapper and singer has been pushing out a steady flow of mixtapes since 2006, but didn’t really capture significant attention outside of Lousiana...

By now, the self-proclaimed “Louis Vuitton Don” is in full Kanye-mode. His resumed beef with Taylor Swift, coupled with his admittance of a significant personal debt (and a few Twitter rants in between),...

In just a couple of years, the Georgia-born rapper, Future, morphed from a promising Atlanta trap artist into one of rap’s most prolific tastemakers. 2015 was the biggest year of Future’s career; he...

The rematch is here. Last summer, the hip hop world was emboldened by a new rap beef: the struggle over legitimacy between Young Money’s resident sadboy Drake, and Maybach Music mogul Meek Mill. Like...

It’s difficult to discuss Macklemore these days without being reminded of the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014 when he self-admittedly “robbed” Kendrick Lamar of the Best Rap Album award. Critics and musicians...

Hip-hop fans rejoice; it’s Yeezy season again. Between designing fashion lines for Adidas and fathering a new baby boy (named Saint, no less), many fans began to wonder when Kanye’s much talked-about...

When playgoers filled Bucknall Theater the weekend of Dec.3, they had no idea they were being sent to a different era. The University of New Haven Theater Program’s Crisis: A Performance about Race in...

For a few years now, Lil’ Wayne has had something to prove. When he dropped Tha Carter III in mid-2008, his career was at its peak. He was seemingly featured on every rap song that received radio play,...

Last Thursday, Nov. 19, New Haven’s historic Toad’s Place had the pleasure of hosting not one, but two performances from Bryson Tiller after the first sold out. The Louisville-born singer and rapper...

For Jeezy, 2015 was supposed to have been a special year. For one, he dropped the “Young” from his name. After all, “Those zeros get to adding up, you gotta drop the ‘young,’” said Jeezy himself...

On Tuesday Nov. 10, the buzz-garnering indie group Surfer Blood, known for their beach-rock tendencies, brought some warmth to beloved Hamden venue, The Space, which was facing financial troubles earlier...

On Saturday Oct. 17, the Main Street Condominiums complex erupted with panic as black smoke poured from one apartment. The apartment, which housed four unnamed undergraduates, sustained smoke damage throughout...

This fall semester, students have been treated with a brand new sight on campus: the large, angular sculpture, composed of slick black steel, newly placed outside of Celentano Hall by local artist, Jonathan...