J. Cole does a bit of everything: He’s a rapper, a former pro basketball player, and now, a blogger. A couple days ago, he launched a new blog called “The Algorithm,” which inadvertently had some fans ...

The new podcast from the brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal explores what made hip-hop blogs matter — and why they faded away. By Reggie Ugwu For music fans who came of age after Napster but before ...