Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment might ...

This story is part of Hip-Hop Is Life, a series of profiles and features that revisit key moments in the intersection of hip-hop and Black men’s health over the last 50 years. Read the rest of the ...

Hip-hop is more than just a type of music. It’s a movement, a way of life, and a culture that has grown and changed over time to affect almost every part of society. Hip-hop started in the Bronx in ...

In the summer of 1998, the line to get into Mecca on a Sunday night might stretch from the entrance to the Tunnel nightclub on Manhattan’s 12th Avenue all the way to the end of the block; hundreds of ...

Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diagne leads dancers in a joyful Juneteenth hip-hop workshop. Credit: Adam Walker Photos Hip-hop pioneer DJ Tony Crush shares stories from the culture’s early days at the Visions of ...

Armed with pounding 808s, gritty Shona punchlines and emotionally-raw storytelling, the rising artiste is carving out a ...

The first misunderstanding is a tricky one. It's the result of a neverending argument about the terminology of hip-hop, and a lot of hardliners stating 'breaking is hip-hop' without giving the context ...

The Roots and Live Nation Urban have announced a new event for next year that will be one of the hottest tickets around. The inaugural Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life event will take ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Notorious B.I.G. released his second album, Life After Death. The double LP was released posthumously by Bad Boy Records. Biggie, who was killed two weeks prior to its ...

Additional performers included The Pharcyde, Arrested Development, Pete Rock, and more. The entire historic affair closed with every performer on stage, as Black Sheep rocked an energetic performance ...

WHEN you think of rap and hip-hop, you don’t usually think think of saxophones and acoustic guitars. But Basildon outfit Life are out to change that, with a unique blend of soul and hip hop, which ...