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Is hip hop falling off

After decades of global dominance, hip-hop is facing a historic decline. This week, we break down the shocking moment the ...
‘Hip hop on trial’; this was the name given to a global debate that took place in London just two weeks ago, the third in a series of discussions hosted by Intelligence Squared in association with ...
After bubbling under the surface for nearly a decade, the clash between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has erupted into the most impactful Hip-Hop duel in recent years. This is a far cry from the Hip-Hop ...
An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...
Milwaukee's hip-hop scene has reached a golden age. Not that there hasn't been success before. But what we're seeing now coming from Milwaukee artists is unprecedented. For the first time, there are ...
As far as late-’90s and early-2000s black cinema goes, Brown Sugar is probably my favorite movie. The Wood is as close a second as you can get, much in the way that Reasonable Doubt is my favorite Jay ...
2024 was a crazy year, but it was actually a really good year for Hip-Hop. Check out some of the best albums of the year, but we left space for you to tell us YOUR favorite! 2024 was an insane year ...
Maverick Nigerian singer Seun Kuti has claimed that his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was also a ...
When producer Zaytoven first heard the lyrical testimonials of Atlanta hip-hop artists such as Outkast, Goodie Mob, Pastor Troy and Ghetto Mafia, he sensed a familiar spirituality in their secular ...
Music industry veteran Kawan “KP” Prather, an Atlanta native, has a prediction on where the city’s hip-hop influence is headed: “I think it’s gonna be a minute before Atlanta creates the new thing.” ...
The music of Kansas City's most prolific rap artist, Tech-N9ne, has been featured in film, TV and video games like Madden NFL 06. He's helped lead the city's hip-hop culture for more than three ...