While hip-hop is continuously evolving, one thing that has never changed is the amount of attention hip-hop fans pay to style. From rap's inception, fashion has been one of the pillars of the culture.

Few live performers today have the presence of the rapper Common, and Friday at the sold-out Wadsworth Theater, that riveting charisma allowed him to avoid the familiar hits-only format and take ...

If there’s any MC who is guaranteed a spot on the Mount Rushmore of “conscious rap,” it’s gotta be Common. With nimble lyricism, songs that address topics from the personal to the political and a bevy ...