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

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

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...

OutKast released their debut album 30 years ago: How ‘Southernplayalistic’ changed Atlanta history

Atlanta’s music scene can be divided into two eras: B.O. (Before OutKast) and A.O. (After OutKast). On April 26, 1994, everything changed.  Before OutKast hit...

Exclusive: GSimone talks new holiday music and the importance of Hip-Hop 50

GSimone stands as one of the most prolific executives in the music industry. Throughout her career, she’s worked with legendary acts such Fat Joe,...

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...

Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap’s widespread influence

Hip-hop culture spread quickly – to places like London, seen here in 1984. Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns by Howard Manly, The Conversation; Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation; Matt Williams,...

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...

Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their mothers, street life and the pursuit of success

by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might...

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