People think they know what an underground rapper looks like. Cobbling together visions from Immortal Technique videos and 8 Mile, they picture a hooded revolutionary, a righteous teacher willing to ...

Oddisee has been putting out incredible music for years, and his latest video proves why you should open your eyes if you haven't already. The Washington, D.C. rapper recently teamed up with the ...

We’ve been talking a lot about how 2015 was the best year for major label rap in a while, but that’s not to say the indie-label stuff was slacking. Oddisee‘s The Good Fight on Mello Music Group was on ...

“I watched the news more as a kid than I did cartoons,” says Amir Mohamed el Khalifa, better known as Oddisee. He is recounting his childhood perspective on the world. He says that he was “fascinated” ...

“I’m not a star, somebody lied / I ride the subway as a car, I’m getting by.” That’s Oddisee on “Do It All,” the collaborative track with his DC supergroup Diamond District, from his new album, People ...

With his new album, The Iceberg, which dropped this past Friday, Oddisee has a larger focus than just making his fans nod their heads. “I have this responsibility to uphold the causes of minorities in ...

Oddisee is aging like fine wine, becoming a producer-rapper’s producer-rapper. Two decades into his career, the native of Prince George’s County, Maryland, still doesn’t care about mainstream ...

“I remember rappin’ on U Street, trying to sneak into Republic Gardens,” Oddisee told the 9:30 Club crowd on Thursday night, recalling his history with the corridor’s legendary (and now defunct) ...

Oddisee says his latest album, "The Iceberg," features more political overtones than his earlier work. (Courtesy) “I think it’s time I stopped holding back,” Oddisee declares on his latest album, “The ...