Ski Mask and his entourage kept the crowd alive and moving all night at Emo’s. The rage halted not once throughout his performance.

Every direction you turn, another fall-enthusiast appears, donned in clothing that bears the unfortunate essence of Donald Trump’s face tan. Cheap, gray cobweb decorations and brown blob-shaped “pumpkin” Reese’s taunt you as a brutal reminder that 2019 has been a disappointing dark pit of dead aspirations. Your only solace is the tireless hip-hop music that hasn’t been ruined by football-savvy frat boys.

Here are eight such tracks you can blare to drown out the intensity of autumn, somewhere between looping the new Frank Ocean, coping with October 31st’s Mercury in Retrograde and the painful wait on Kanye’s Jesus is King.

Storming the stage wearing denim and a smile, rapper Tierra Whack immediately matched the energy of her DJ and the already excited crowd. A Philly native, Whack dominated her weekend two ACL set with her infectious personality and unique flow.

This year’s Austin City Limits Festival proved more than ever that audiences and those running festivals win when diverse acts perform.

Street Queer is the alias for University of Texas at Austin student, Dorian Delafuente, who has been making a name for himself through rap.

At the top of a long list of rappers with a hand in fashion, the actual “Fashion Killa” A$AP Rocky has a creative vision and confidence that sets him in a style category of his own.

Rap group BROCKHAMPTON continues to transform their sound with new levels of vulnerability on their fourth studio album, iridescence.

From the early 2000s to the early 2010s, one’s ringtone represented their musical taste and cultural awareness. Today, the death of custom ringtones signals a change in how people interact with music.

The 1970s greatly influences today’s music, with artists channeling the era's funky sensibilities in their music videos.

Sweaty, day-one fans who knew every lyric to every song filled the room for A$AP Ferg.

Although seriously underrepresented, women have been making waves in rap since its inception

ORANGE Magazine had the opportunity to sit down with Xavier Omar and learn more about the journey to the Mala Luna Festival.