Chicago street rapper, Rufus Sims, tells Thomas Hobbs what it’s like growing up with a dad with a legendary reputation, battling PTSD from gun violence, house arrest and finding salvation.

Donald Morrison delivers the latest edition of The Rap-Up, featuring the latest futuristic offering from Milwaukee's AyooLii, vintage-sounding UK drill, Remble's take on a Doja cat beat and more.

Will Schube speaks to the multi-instrumental artist surrounding the release of his new LP Driving about self-releasing a project for the first time, allowing himself to stumble on ideas that work, letting the music and story songs speak for themselves post-release and more.

Michael McKinney speaks to the British electronic artist about the beauty of shutting up to record sounds, creating music as a response to crisis, turning a horse skeleton into a pile of instruments and more.

Inspired by Robeson Taj Frazier's new book, which explores Ben Caldwell’s creation of Project Blowed and how the community space he created continues to reverberate throughout generations of local artists, Sam Ribakoff highlights some of the most iconic tracks from that era.

Reflecting on the tragic loss of hyphy pioneer Traxamillion, Alan Chazaro links with Bay Area legend Keak Da Sneak and reminisces on the producer's lasting impact on the Bay Area sound.

In lieu of this week's Rap-Up, Harley Geffner delivers an interview with Subjxct 5, the producer behind 2oo4/AF1, about feeling overshadowed by the sounds of NY while growing up in New Jersey, the value of physical media, creating trance music and more.

For the latest edition of Soundcheck, Donna-Claire writes about why her favorite project by NY emcee YL is always the most recent one – on Don't Feed the Pigeons, he captures day-to-day musings like a cameraman with sharp flair.

Michael McKinney speaks to the experimental electronic artist about what the future may sound like, embracing AI technology while being aware of its problematic abilities, his journey of discovering music – from early hip-hop tapes to Kate Bush to jungle to jazz, and much more.

Olivier Lafontant speaks to the Atlanta emcee about being raised by a single dad who was a teenager, embracing his city's scene and always putting on for them, learning to create while sober and more.