Hip hop has been an incredibly influential way of storytelling and social commentary through music, leading the genre to be the epicenter of the most influential musical artists in the history of hip ...

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school's "first" hip-hop ...

Additionally, some Hip-Hop YouTube series entertain and educate new and old fans alike (e.g., DJ Premier’s So Wassup and stellar video essays by content creators like Clout Cancun and Brandon Shaw’s ...

“You’ve got to be living under a rock if you don’t know my voice.” ...

In the 25-year history of modern Nigerian mainstream music, we have seen unforgettable hip-hop records that defined eras and ...

It’s a go-to for hyping up a crowd. It also brings any listener back to an earlier time in history. Things were simpler and rap music boasted bombastic beats and clear, declarative lyrics.

So much rap music comes out all the time ... It’s a love letter to a long history of Chicago rap, and it’s also a unique record in the context of where rap in general is at today.

MC Lyte made history in 1988 with “Lyte As A Rock ... featured her on “Nann Nigga,” which reached number 3 on the Rap Songs chart. This appearance led to a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records ...

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that ...

He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into the mainstream ... recalled in a 2001 oral history for the Museum ...

In January, Drake accused UMG — which he is also signed to — of spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a ...

Its rigid concrete exterior holds decades of history, while the lives imprisoned within echo ... it held a truth that many choose to ignore. Rap is not just music, it is a mirror reflecting society.