1993: On April 28, 1993, L.A. based hip-hop group Freestyle Fellowship released their sophomore album, Innercity Griots. As the follow-up to their 1991 debut, To Whom It May Concern, Aceyalone, Myka 9 ...

Hip-hop gets a bad rap (pun intended) at least in part because its perception by the mainstream is either that of the thug-life, gangsta types who become movie stars and often end up dead, or the ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tommy Kail have turned their the improv hip-hop show into a TV series on Pivot. Given that the show is now on the small screen, we recently spoke with Lin-Manuel Miranda and ...

The 15-minute video reveals the freestyle session was filmed back in February in Los Angeles and is described as "one of the greatest freestyles ever." It’s been weeks since the Hip-Hop world lost one ...

A posthumous freestyle from The Notorious B.I.G. has been re-unearthed thanks to PepsiCo. In time for Hip-Hop 50, the drink company has partnered with Biggie’s estate for a new Pepsi Max campaign, ...

Houston’s very own Sauce Walka appeared on Los Angeles radio’s Power 106 with Justin Credible and did what he does best: rap his a— off. All he did was give us game and display some elite wordplay ...

It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to buy a twenty sack. A chant: “I got five on it.” What happened next was part ...

“The Hip-Hop Nutcracker” stays faithful to the story of “The Nutcracker” while adapting the show with hip-hop dance. Courtesy Peninsula Lively Arts. “The Nutcracker” ballet has become a staple of the ...

Albuquerque’s hip-hop & freestyle dance scene is influenced by various Indigenous tribes Described as “Indigenous futurism,” Albuquerque’s hip-hop and freestyle dance scene is driven by Indigenous ...

“Freestyle Love Supreme,” the hip-hop improv show that won a special Tony Award for its Broadway run, is different every night. Different guest stars. Different audience input. Different rap riffs.