In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

Moore was a key figure in the then-burgeoning rap genre, writing and producing hits like "The Breaks" and "Christmas Rappin'" ...

He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into ...

Day one of the two-day hip-hop festival featured standout performances from YG, Sexyy Red, Ski Mask The Slump God, Xavier ...

One of the most revered producers of the '90s made a rare appearance at a San Francisco bar. Plus, a trip to Mare Island and ...

The album’s title track, “Poison”, became an instant classic, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and dominating clubs ...

Heather Augustyn will never tell you that Hip Hop isn’t an American-born movement, but if you can’t pick up the Jamaican and ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the New York City Public Schools system asked Walter Greason, Ph.D., the leading ...

On this day in 2006, Lumumba Carson, better known as Professor X of X-Clan, passed away at 49 years old due to complications ...

Sampling isn’t just recycling old sounds—it’s a powerful form of musical storytelling that bridges generations, honors ...

The historic Igbo resistance at Ebo Landing will be honored with a multidisciplinary show at Brunswick, Georgia's Ritz ...