Hip Hop’s storytelling style has always allowed for Black culture to take center stage, and sports are an important part of that culture. This is especially shown through how songs are written and ...

You know how the cliché goes: rappers want to be basketball players, and basketball players want to be rappers. This has been a truism since the '90s, when rap really started taking off as a ...

Before even turning 21, Flau’jae Johnson had started etching her legacy in two fields — basketball and rap. From winning an NCAA national title and being one of the faces of the NIL movement in ...

The N.B.A. washout LiAngelo Ball debuted his track “Tweaker” on a livestream. It’s proving to be much more than a novelty. By Jon Caramanica How will rap hits get made in 2025? Judging by the year’s ...

On Sunday, Flau’Jae Johnson will lead her LSU women’s basketball team into an Elite Eight matchup with No. 1 overall seed UCLA in the women's 2025 NCAA Tournament. It’s a familiar position for Johnson ...

LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson aims to make people appreciate her music just as much as they respect her talent on the basketball court. Flau’jae Johnson, one of the LSU women’s basketball team’s top stars, ...

Rap pioneer Kurtis Blow is bringing back a classic at the right time. The legendary New York rapper famous for his 1984 song "Basketball" recreated it featuring rappers Lola Brooke and Hit-Boy in ...