Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl half time show, since the NFL isn't exactly an institution that's known for its support of ...

The Atlanta Hip-Hop community is reeling after the sudden and heartbreaking death of rapper Tevin Hood, better known as T-Hood. On the evening of May 12, a call to Gwinnett County Police reported a ...

The legend goes that on a sweaty August night in 1973, there was a block party in the South Bronx where DJs had to hack a streetlight to power their equipment. Someone picked up a mic and ...

The man who says he is hip-hop’s first emcee is on a quest to get what he believes he is rightfully owed. Coke La Rock, who claims he was on the mic at the Sedgwick Avenue party that started the music ...

Roy Kinsey embodies an unlikely but powerful combination: Chicago-born rapper, librarian, and cultural activist who uses hip-hop and literature as instruments of liberation. The queer Black artist ...

Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, since the NFL isn't... Hip-hop is 'fight the power' but also advertises for ...