Shea Serrano

Yesterday, the video for "Black Skinhead," a gorgeous track from Kanye West's Yeezus, escaped the gravity of the Kanyeniverse and found its way onto the Internet. People lost their shit. I was standing in line at the grocery store scrolling through my Twitter timeline when it happened. I saw it......

That's an 8-Bit version of Snoop Dogg. I made him as part of a video game I'm making for regular Nintendo called Rap: Music and Things. For real. (Not for real.) It's a lot like Super Mario Bros., except instead of being a plumber you get to be a West......

School is out. This is a treacherous time for parents. My boys, Boy A and Boy B, twin six-year-olds, we try to keep them as busy as possible during the summer. There's basketball camp and there's vacation bible school and there's swim lessons and drums practice and underground kiddie cage......

Here are some facts about J. Cole: J. Cole's full name is Jermaine Lamarr Cole. J. Cole is from North Carolina. J. Cole is a 28-year-old rapper. J. Cole once rapped, "No strings attached // like a cordless phone." J. Cole is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. J. Cole......

My school year is officially over. Last Thursday was the last day of school for the eighth graders in my science class. Teachers came on Friday to clean rooms and begin prep work for next fall and gossip about basically everyone who has a heartbeat (and, in some instances, even......

This column was supposed to be different. It was supposed to be about listening to G-Funk with a baby. But it's not. It's not that at all. And that's (probably) bad, but maybe not as bad as embarrassing. I'm sure this won't be surprising to anyone who has kids or......

I spent Memorial Day the same as most parents spent it: At the house of a family member eating barbecued foodstuffs and hoping that someone was watching my children as they doddled around a swimming pool. (They can't swim, obvs.) It was mostly a good time, but it was definitely......

7:18 a.m.: I'm taking the boys fishing this morning. There's a serviceable little fishing peer about an hour from my doorstep so that's where we're heading. The plan is to just hang out with Boy A and Boy B for a bit, but also there's a secret plan: I've loaded......

Last year, Kendrick Lamar released good kid, m.A.A.d. city, his gorgeous proper debut album and the best rap project of the year. Late Monday, he released the video for "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe," the most soundly executed track on gkmc. You can see it below, and you will see......

Song: Miguel's "How Many Drinks" History: This song came out and now they play on the radio a lot and so everyone is kind of realizing HOLY FUCK THIS IS BAD......