In his new memoir, the NYC sneaker sage spins a tale of playground dreams, Puerto Rican pride, and the culture that shaped ...

Nicki Minaj received direct support from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna after raising concerns about threats and alleged criminal ...

Yes, hip hop has gone through commercialization and capitalism—those pitfalls are almost inevitable when you amass such a large following. However, the genre—which has been around for half a ...

From Pharrell Williams and DJ Mustard to Ester Dean and Missy Elliott, these Hip Hop hitmakers have style. See our list of ...

The pairing of Puerto Rican 15-piece bomba and plena big band El Laberinto del Coco and Miami-born and raised rapper Marti at ...

I started thinking about the politics of ghostwriting in hip-hop after stumbling on an article in The New York Times about a guy who turned to a company, called Oratory Laboratory, to ...

If I’m counting my very first publication as a journalist, hip hop journalist, and writing about rap music and Southern hip hop in ’97, ’98 is when I believe I published my first review. It ...

A teacher from Nuneaton is using hip-hop and street art to help pupils learn how to cope with grief and anxiety. James Bennett works at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Small Heath, Birmingham, and set ...

Today, hip-hop is practiced in nearly every corner of the globe and is one of the most important through-lines in human culture. ... students must complete a total of 18 undergraduate credit hours ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, ... it’s the Buffalo native, who often makes her own beats in addition to writing the rhymes. Also ...

Donald Trump had been hailed in hip-hop lyrics for decades. No longer. Barring Kanye West, it's not news that the vast majority of hip-hop artists -- from underground rappers to icons like Jay Z ...

Dallas hip-hop group Cure for Paranoia includes Cameron McCloud, Tomahawk Jonez and Jay Analog. The NPR favorite now play with We Them Grays.