Rapper Mad Skillz has returned with his yearly round-up song for 2024. Skillz’s return with “2024 Rap Up” comes out of the blue because he retired in 2021. He’d previously been dropping yearly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Words For Days Vol. 1" won for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at the 68th annual Grammy Awards. This is the second-consecutive ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond rapper and native Mad Skillz, or Shaqwuan Lewis, has been captivating audiences with his smooth lyrics and rapping style for more than 30 years. He’s often credited for ...

Skillz reveals he wrote Jay-Z’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech, reflecting on his career shift and future plans in a conversation with AllHipHop. Skillz is stepping into a new chapter, and ...

After a lengthy absence from the whole, "Rap Up" game, Mad Skillz has returned. Over the weekend, the veteran MC made time to drop “The 2024 Rap Up,” his first end-of-year recap song in three years.

Not all hip-hop is meant to be poetic. But aficionados argue the genre is best when partnered with poetics — layered rhyme, alternating meter — using complexly concise lines. Mad Skillz gets that. The ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Mad Skillz, Grammy-winning rapper, producer, writer and professor, talks with Chandler Nunnally about his spoken-word poetry album "Words For Days, Vol. 1" and his win at the 68th ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond native Brandon Holloman-Lovee has turned personal pain into poetic purpose, and now his spoken word artistry has earned him a spot on a Grammy Award-winning album. Known by ...

Skillz is back, but this time he is coming for the Grammys. Mad Skillz, often just called Skillz, is up for a 2025 Grammy. His new spoken word, The Seven Number Ones, chronicles the special moments in ...

For decades, Virginia lyricist Mad Skillz has been a ghostwriter for some of your favorite MCs. While he keeps his clients close to the vest, he has a lot to say about the taboo topic. The rapper ...

Firefighting has long been known as a dangerous profession. But today, flames aren’t the leading threat — occupational cancer is. For retired Spotsylvania County Division Fire Chief Greg Leitz, that ...