Outside of Los Angeles’ Hollywood Park Grounds on March 15, 2025, hordes of colorfully-dressed teenagers and young adults ran ...

Several MCs including 50 Cent, Missy Elliot and DMX went through some incredibly difficult times to achieve success.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Bob the Drag Queen about his new book, "Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert," in which Tubman returns to life and wants to use hip-hop to spread her message.

The Euphrat Museum at De Anza College turned into a stage for student performances during the monthly First Thursday open mic ...

Sampling isn’t just recycling old sounds—it’s a powerful form of musical storytelling that bridges generations, honors ...

Doggerel! There I said it. Sometimes words just wander through my mind on their way to somewhere else. That one drifted through just the other morning as I was accompanying Lucy, the Ambassador of ...

Kendrick Lamar’s music reveals a deeply human struggle with morality, showing that even Hip-Hop’s most respected voice is ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

The Miami-Dade County Commission is renaming some streets in Liberty City to acknowledge hip-hop artists from the area.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, and Wale. First things first: Jack Harlow and Doja Cat make a cute couple in the video for Jack’s new ...

Do you ever think about how poetry’s is relevant to politics? Dujie Tahat does. Tahat is Seattle’s new Civic Poet for the ...

Still, one lyrical theme does tie together Carti’s sound and content, such as it is: drugs. The old standbys of party ...