Hi, I’m Flex Mathews dropped earlier this month along with the first single, “Never Change.”

Listen to LaPret’s musical advocacy for D.C voting rights.

What’s better than Korean barbecue? A late-night Korean barbercue restaurant commercial set to a catchy rap jingle, of course.

A pair of would-be rappers robbed a studio in Laurel where they had just recorded a track about a famous criminal.

On Friday, this editor posted a video of students and teachers at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School bustin’ out some hot rhymes about dominating the District’s Comprehensive Assessment Test, which D.C. students are taking this week. I stated that it was “the best song ever composed” about the test, “in that it’s probably the first.” I could not have been more wrong. Because CAS raps are officially a thing.

Wait, there’s another story about a bunch of people mortified with the amount of profanity which was included at a Wale performance? Indeed: the Post reports that the president of University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia felt the need to apologize to the university’s neighbors for the amount of profanity and noise Wale used and made during his set at the college’s homecoming festivities on Saturday. Of course, Wale’s no stranger to this kind…

Sure, Wale’s new video for “The Work” includes a quick shot of Ben’s Chili Bowl. (What D.C. hip hop video doesn’t?) But it also likely has one of the biggest collections of District-tastic b-roll in the history of music videos, the MC’s homage to “the other side of D.C.” Every notable D.C.-related landmark/reference I was able to spot in the 176 second video, after the jump.

Today’s news has featured an awful lot of reminders that Washington’s sports teams aren’t what they should be. At least the Capitals continue to offer us solace, hope and happiness. In that vein, via the tipline, we offer “The Caps Rap,” a solid little piece of music video work from director Andrew Bowser….

We’ve officially clocked 37 different reader requests to post this admittedly kinda funny rap spoof that’s apparently been making the rounds on the interwebs. So by popular demand, DCist presents: “Arlington: The Rap” by YouTube user GoRemy. Not bad, right? A lot of effort clearly went into it, anyway. The piece does sag a bit in the middle when it gets bogged down with a few too many of the same “Arlington is full of…