Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books

April 8, 2025

By: The Conversation

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: A Bold Rebuke of Trump’s America

February 10, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

February 4, 2025

By: The Conversation

As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music

November 8, 2024

By: The Conversation

How educator Gloria Jean Merriex used dance, drills and devotion to turn around a failing elementary school in a year

November 7, 2024

By: The Conversation

Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes

November 7, 2024

By: The Conversation

Rich Homie Quan’s cause of death reveals deeper issue of how drug use impacts hip-hop culture

October 4, 2024

By: A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor

Diddy’s not the only one dealing with unsafe jail conditions

September 23, 2024

By: Word In Black

Kendrick Lamar or Lil Wayne: Why NFL made the right choice for its Super Bowl halftime show

September 20, 2024

By: A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor

Why Rich Homie Quan’s death adds to the sad reality of rappers we lost too soon

September 8, 2024

By: A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor