Aesop Rock

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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, a renowned World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler, has passed away. Several rappers went on Twitter to tweet out their condolences to the beloved wrestler and actor.

A data scientist has figured out who is the most loquacious rhymer in the rap game. Matt Daniels, a digital analyst, has created a chart that explores which rapper has the largest vocabulary. The end result may surprise you.

You can’t find two more disparate rappers in the entire world than A$AP Rocky and Aesop Rock. Yes, they both rhyme fast at times, but that’s about the only similarity that the former Def Jukie and the 'Goldie' rapper have in common.

The Revolutionary gets pitted against Bazooka Tooth. If you thought being a “conscious” rapper meant being soft then you’ve never heard of Immortal Technique. The Harlem MC couples politically-minded rhymes with a battle rapper's aggression and he’s gotten worldwide respect because of it...

Definitive Jux, likely the most well known underground independent hip-hop label, is apparently on its last legs. While reports of the label's demise hit the net Tuesday (Feb. 2), owner and primary producer El-P crafted a blog post explaining that this will be more of a hiatus than a permanent shutdown...