“This is definitely becoming a dying art,” says rapper Blxst ... The advent of social media and also the influx of people trying to make hip-hop and rap stars. … People might not view the hype man as ...

Rap Research Lab continues what hip hop has been doing for the past half century: playfully rearranging the words, sounds, ... Rap Research Lab at the Center for Art, ...

Here's how hip-hop is able to pinpoint Aug. 11 as its 50th anniversary, why it matters to fans and artists, and a list of resources to help mark the moment.

Southern hip-hop’s influence continues shaping modern music through strategic sampling, with artists like Future, GloRilla and Sexyy Red drawing from classic Southern tracks. Recently, Juicy J ...

We’re celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary this week. Wesley Morris traces the art form from its South Bronx origins to all-encompassing triumph.

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 ...

The most essential hip-hop books, including works about Queen Latifah, Rakim, Pimp C, Prodigy, and the business of rap. From star-studded memoirs to “one of the most engaging examinations rap ...

Kamala Harris invited some of rap’s top artists, from Lil Wayne to Slick Rick, to perform on Saturday at her home in Washington, D.C., for what she called “the first-ever hip-hop house party ...

Drawing from this background in engineering and design, Hemphill employs an innovative approach to examining the cultural impact of hip-hop. He demonstrates this approach within “ Rap Research Lab ,” ...

Michael Shahin uses film to share his love of hip-hop. Originally from Illinois, Shahin moved to Tucson in 2003 to work as a videographer. He left Tucson in 2007 and now lives in Scottsdale, where ...

BOSTON — As Hip Hop celebrates its 50 years of influence on music and culture, UMass Boston gives us local context with the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive, housed in the Joseph P. Healy Library ...