Derrick Darby, a Rutgers University professor who studies the intersection of hip-hop and political philosophy, explains how ...

Flash forward to Jan. 18., the rapper, who called people "stupid motherf**kers" for voting for Trump, headlined an inauguration event called the Crypto Ball where he, along with Rick Ross and Soulja ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...

Rapsody is the third female rapper to win Best Melodic Rap Performance, following Lauryn Hill, who won the award in 1999 for ...

Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, ...

Across pop culture, Trump's second term is being met with less opposition than his first. Did everyone just give up?

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Central Cee, Sexyy Red, and Travis Scott.

During the “Golden Era” of the 1980s, several groups platformed political positions and voiced the concerns of the downtrodden and oppressed. Hip-Hop music, at least on the mainstream level ...

Hip-hop, once a movement and a megaphone for Black empowerment and communal struggle, has been hijacked by the almighty dollar, leading to artists such as Snoop, Nelly, and Soulja Boy performing at ...

Whereas in 2020, galvanizing movements like the George Floyd protests put activism front and center within the culture, in the years since, a kind of political ... that thrust hip-hop into the ...