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

Rich Homie Quan stood out in hip-hop while in the midst of a city full of rap stars. When Atlanta became known as hip-hop’s...

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

Most rappers enter the music industry with dreams of sharing art to the masses and changing their life circumstances. However, the dreams that hip-hop...

How do breakdancers avoid breaking their necks?

A breaker pulls off a headspin at a nightclub in the late 1980s. Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive via Getty Images by Aliza Rudavsky, Penn State For the...

David Banner, Rapsody talk on the intersection of Critical Race Theory and Hip Hop

What do Bun B, GZA, Lupe Fiasco, and David Banner all have in common? These artists have achieved not only lyrical excellence, but they’re...

How some Muslim and non-Muslim rappers alike embrace Islam’s greeting of peace

by Margarita Guillory, Boston University and Jeta Luboteni, Boston University Ever since the United States’ “war on terror” began, American media has been rife with...

How a hip-hop mindset can help teachers in a time of turmoil

Confidence is a critical component of hip-hop culture. Manu Vega via Getty Images by Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina While hip-hop has created a lot of...

‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop

The popular phrase ‘knowledge of self’ – invoked by numerous rappers who adhere to Islam – is nearly a millennium old. Paul Hawthorne for Getty...

Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard

Rapper Beautiful The Artist performs in the music video for the dip hop song ‘DEAFinitely Lit.’ Beautiful The Artist/YouTube by Katelyn Best, West Virginia University In April...

Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young

Hip hop artists, from top left, clockwise, DMX, Lexii Alijai, Prince Markie Dee and Trugoy the Dove have all passed away within the past...

How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it

Rapper Offset apologized over a homophobic slur. Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images by Matthew Oware, University of Richmond In the 2018 song “Boss Life,” the rapper Offset,...

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