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At His Portland Show, A$AP Rocky Tried to Turn Spectacle into Substance

During the opening run of Testing highlights, Rocky took out 30 seconds at the end of two songs to first pound some taiko-esque drums, then create a makeshift glitch remix by mashing buttons on an iPad hooked up to the sound system. Other props included three racing coupes suspended from the ceiling, two masked hype men, and above all, women’s underwear.

In the Wake of Mac Miller’s Death, Lil Xan Cancels His Portland Show to Recover From Addiction

Along with Miller, fentanyl has claimed the lives of Prince, Tom Petty and Lil Xan’s SoundCloud rap contemporary, Lil Peep. But Xan told TMZ that Miller’s death was particularly effecting. “Mac hurt the most,” he says. “It definitely changed my everything.”

On Her New EP, Portland MC Raquel Divar Takes Control

The title comes from the chorus on the smoky “Smith n’ Wesson.” But it’s also an ode to Missy Elliott’s “The Rain” and a general claim to power. “There’s a lot of references about just like running shit and being boss,” says Divar. But that raw bravado is new for Divar.

Green Hop Brings Cannabis and Hip-Hop Together in North Portland

Rap isn’t just the theme, it’s the thesis.

A Portland Rapper Just Dropped an Anti-Willamette Week Dis Track

The video for “Dear Willamette Week” opens with someone urinating on a recent issue, which makes it clear that this is not a letter to the editor complimenting our reporting on Portland’s pursuit of a Major League Baseball franchise.

The Pros and Cons of Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize

The fact that Lamar’s music has risen to the upper echelon of American culture doesn’t mean the rest of hip-hop is going to be welcomed alongside him.

Post Malone Celebrated His New Album by Smashing a Guitar at Memorial Coliseum

The 22-year-old, who colors his hard-partying anthems with lyrics about loneliness and depression, is perhaps the darkly Caligula-esque pop star these times deserve—either that or the Millennial Kid Rock.

Zaytoven’s Made a Career from Making Other Artists’ Careers. Now It’s His Turn.

Even for casual fans of Southern rap, there’s no mistaking a Zaytoven beat.

Longtime Portland Hip-Hop Promoter Idris “StarChile” O’Ferrall Has Died

Starting out as a rapper, O’Ferrall, a Portland native, assumed numerous roles in the city’s hip-hop scene beginning in the late ’90s as a student at Wilson High School. He went on to run his own label and host radio and TV shows. He eventually got into concert promotion and MCing, almost by accident.

Veteran Portland Hip-Hop Promoter Starchile Diagnosed with Brain Cancer

According to David Jackson, aka DJ OG One, who has started a crowdfunding campaign to assist with O’Farrell’s medical bills, O’Ferrall went to the hospital in March after feeling ill, where tests revealed abscesses on his brain and heart valves. He was diagnosed with CNS Lymphoma, and underwent emergency surgery to stop bleeding on his brain.

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