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Diddy is demanding access to a draft memoir he claims contradicts abuse allegations as his criminal trial looms on May 5.
On April 16, hip-hop hitmaker NLE Choppa wasn’t rapping but rather reading his new book to South Memphis school children.
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Firestone dance students take part in writing, movement workshop with hip hop pioneer Raphael Xavier, performing this weekend with DanceCleveland.
In 2024, the publisher of musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Hip-Hop is History” described it as “the book only Questlove could write: a singular, definitive history” of hip-hop.
An independent candidate has released her own rap video in a bid to appeal to young voters leading up to the May 3 election. Candidate for Monash Deb Leonard sparked a divided reaction when she ...
In 2024, the publisher of musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Hip-Hop is History” described it as “the book only Questlove could write: a singular, definitive history” of hip-hop. Sign up for our ...
You might recognise MC Grammar for turning your favourite books into raps and rhymes. In his new book, The Adventures of Rap ...
TLDR: Hip-hop offers a truer account of the American story than traditional institutions and history books, often correcting misleading narratives. Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, ...
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 ...
Faculty, staff and students, including then-Ph.D. student A.D. Carson, protest at Clemson University in 2016. AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins ...
Kyra Gaunt , a Black woman who is a foundational figure in the study of hip-hop , worked as a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Virginia from 1996 to 2002. Her book“The Games ...