hip-hop

How hip-hop helped reimagine Black presence in horror

What Future’s fear of admitting his sobriety says about our unhealthy expectation for Black pain

I want BET to be a radiant hub for Black culture again

The silent and sellout: What is the responsibility of prominent Black artists in an unjust society?

New recording seems to show XXXTentacion admitting to battery charges against pregnant girlfriend

Kendrick Lamar becomes first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize

China’s controversial hip-hop ban elicits charges of anti-Blackness

The question of Blackness: How conversations about Bruno Mars and Cardi B miss the mark

Drake threatened to put hands on man who kept touching women at his show

Miley Cyrus finally announces the end of her minstrel show, proving once and for all the violence of appropriation

At What Point Do We Give Up on Our Problematic Faves?

Rappers Talk Mental Illness and Depression with VICE

Q-Tip Named As The Kennedy Center’s First Artistic Director Of Hip-Hop Culture

Hip-Hop Is The Most Streamed Genre In The World

B.o.B Has Some Different Opinions about the Shape of the Earth

Legendary Chicago DJ reminds us ‘to go to the doctor’ in his last words

Sugarhill Gang’s Big Bank Hank dead at 58

Officers appear in video with weapons drawn as they guard Talib Kweli, Ferguson protesters

Endangered: Save the Female Rappers

Tupac musical ‘Holler If Ya Hear Me’ canceled after just six weeks

Lupe Fiasco named U.S. Soccer’s music director

DJ E-Z Rock dead at 46

Residents face fine for saggy pants

In Rolling Stone interview, Elton John reveals his desire to make hip hop music

Study: ‘Hip Hop’ students unfairly targeted

Worldstar Hip Hop Presents: ‘The Field: Violence, Hip Hop & Hope in Chicago’

Harvard hip-hop fellowship named after Nas, rapper gives benediction

Video Killed the Radio Star

Juicy J Offers – Then Revokes – $50,000 Scholarship to the Best Twerker

J. Cole on Colorism: “I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin”

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