Former members of Rockstar and more look back on the game's painstakingly authentic development

Hours-long videos of ’80s and ’90s Weather Channel broadcasts set to vaporwave tunes are all over YouTube. They’re perfect for those moments you want to remember a time when weather was a little less scary.

In Aug 1994, Notorious BIG released Juicy and turned an 80s funk sample into hip-hop history. Its creators and fans explain its enduring, sensual appeal

How can open world games leave out a space that we fundamentally see as Americana? Is this about design choices and constraints, or does it speak to something deeper about how we really view American suburbs – and how desperately we want to escape them? 

A few months before everyone heard Warren G and Nate Dogg’s opus “Regulate” on Regulate… G Funk Era they heard it on Above the Rim.

A look into the long history of hip-hop in games, talking to people from Rockstar, the creators of Toe Jam & Earl, and more.

The power of staying true to yourself was at the center of the 2024 GRAMMY Week event. Honorees Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz were lauded by colleagues and performers, including Stevie Wonder, Quavo, Babyface and Andra Day.

The story of how Above The Law’s 2Pac-featuring “Call It What U Want” created the defining sound of mid-‘90s West Coast rap — g funk.

The Alphas, the Savoy Big Five, the Second Story Morrys, and dozens of other hoops teams thrived during the Black Fives Era – a period of basketball before the NBA launched in 1946 and became integrated four years later.

Where would hip-hop be without the female hook? We spoke with the female singers behind the hooks for “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” and other ‘90s rap songs, and how their voices helped some of these become classics.

This new generation of the allegedly woke makes the mistake of thinking they're first to come up with the idea that respectability might be folly. No, these debates are age-old.

Gone are the days of rom-coms. Young people are now turning to the internet for their romance cues.

Hosting a key competition in the Rwandan capital is the latest showcase of the sport’s growing popularity

Grand Theft Auto III has been lauded for its radio stations from rap and opera music stations to zany talk radio. But just who wrote and produced these commercials? Who voiced them? And how do these spots hold up today in the eyes of people who live and breathe advertising and radio?