Icewear Vezzo's music hits your soul because he spares no details when bringing you into his world. You feel like you were "in the field, ain't have no pot to piss in" like he was on "Up The Scoe," ...

Hip-hop’s relationship with substances has always been complicated. For years, lean culture dominated – codeine syrup glorified in lyrics, purple drinks in double cups, entire aesthetics built around ...

Lean — the Houston-born combination of prescription-grade cough syrup and soda — goes by many names: purple drank, sizzurp, dirty Sprite, etc. It’s long been associated with Houston’s sound and style, ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Yung Lean is grown now. It’s been a decade since “Ginseng Strip 2002,” and he's no longer a 15-year-old kid in an oversized bucket hat shyly ...