TruArtSpeak brings new hip-hop program to the Children’s Museum; art shanties return to Lake Harriet; a brewery book fair in Minneapolis and Congolese music at St. Paul’s Como Zoo conservatory.

On Dec. 11, the Shelby County Commission in Memphis, Tennessee, discussed an exciting proposal that could change the landscape of the city’s cultural offerings: a permanent hip-hop museum. This ...

Memphis recording artist Al Kapone said, “Listen, we need that hip-hop museum in Memphis because the history runs deep." Memphis, Tennessee, has a rich history in soul music, but over the past couple ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The City of Memphis known ...

The music was pumping as hip-hop royalty packed Cipriani Wall Street. It was a gala to raise funds for the soon to open Hip Hop Museum in the South Bronx. “Hip-hop is the art form that moves the whole ...

In the words of the legendary Notorious B.I.G., “you never thought that hip hop would take it this far.” And Wednesday night at Cipriani Wall Street proved exactly that: Hip hop isn’t only going far, ...

Dr. Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar is a history professor and the director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music at the University of Connecticut. He offered a lecture on the genius of hip-hop to ...