Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! A FEW DAYS LATER, SCHOOLLY SAID he wanted me to meet one of his five sisters, so that I ...

Philadelphia's music history is filled with legends, and one name that stands out is Schoolly D. Known as one of the forefathers of gangsta rap, Schoolly D put Philadelphia on the map in 1985 with his ...

Meek Mill. Lil Uzi Vert. Tierra Whack. Black Thought. All famous rappers from Philadelphia. But long before they started making rhymes and beats — and, indeed, long before some of them were even born ...

Portrait of the entrepreneur as a young man: Chris Schwartz working the phone with a wall of Schoolly D album art behind him. (Supplied by Chris Schwartz) Schoolly D tells Philadelphia Magazine how ...