Chuck D famously rapped “our freedom of speech is freedom or death” on Public Enemy’s 1989 single “Fight the Power,” one of hip-hop’s most powerful anthems. Thirty-five years later, the Rock & Roll ...

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 ...

Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit” curated by the GRAMMY Museum® delves deep into the multifaceted world of the genre through its music, dance, graffiti, fashion, business, activism and history, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip-hop is big business — venturing from the world’s grandest and most expensive stages into lucrative sponsorships in sneakers ...

The Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit takes visitors on an educational journey through several key themes: origin, innovation, sounds of hip-hop, fashion, regionalism, entrepreneurialism, media, ...

Egyptian Lover's Roland TR-808 drum machine is customized with hieroglyphics and themed patterns Credit: Jay Godwin / LBJ Presidential Library Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is ...

The venerable Kennedy Center (aka the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) is really stepping up its commitment to black and hip hop artistry and culture. Yesterday, the Center announced ...