Hip-Hop is witnessing its most exciting battle in more than a year, and it is playing out with more than just two opposing MCs. In 2020, two Midwest giants, Lupe Fiasco and Royce 5'9, partnered in a podcast. The two veterans joined forces to create 45 episodes of The Lupe... Read more

With 2016's Layers, Royce 5'9 landed the highest-performing solo LP of his career, a laudable accomplishment for an MC whose presence in the game extends back decades. Since its release, Detroit, Michigan's Nickel Nine never retreated from the mic, dropping punishing, razor-sharp features on projects from Westside Gunn & Conway, Consequence,... Read more

A decade ago, Royce 5'9 released what proved to be the first installment of a mixtape series, Bar Exam, a project which showcased the former battle rapper's prodigious abilities, and the mic destroyer blood cursing through his veins. It's been seven years since its most recent chapter dropped, but today (June... Read more