The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

I looked at the song from the “Hip-Hop” perspective when I initially heard it and Kendrick’s verse especially stood out because it was initially recorded with the intent to be released on a major ...

‘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 ...

A couple of years ago I heard a song from Mystik Journeymen of Living Legends where Sunspot Jones was rapping about the underground and he referenced a conversation he had with MC Hammer. He noted ...

When a publisher suggested that Questlove write a book about the history of hip-hop, he was reticent at first. Not because of any fear of writing — the Roots drummer is an accomplished author, with a ...

MC Lyte is seen as a pioneering woman in the world of hip hop. Now she's moderating a new BET town hall series called Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did The Love Go? It digs into gender relations in ...

Sasha Go Hard, the fired-up teenage Chicago rapper who's been making a name for herself over the past few months, just released a new mixtape called Hip-Hop Vs. Love. On the tape, she teams up with ...