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How Hip-Hop Gave Me a Second Chance at Life
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoHIP-HOP WAS BORN in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features,...
Rap lyrics can't be used as evidence against hip-hop artists in California anymore
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a visit the Antioch Water Treatment Plant on August 11,...
Conservative Trolls Want to Talk About Rap Music Instead of Jason Aldean. Don’t Take the Bait
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoAll week long, a culture war has been raging around country star Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small...
Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoIn the early days of hip-hop, plugging turntables into a light post and converting an outdoor...
Hip-Hop At 50: Cheo Hodari Coker On Icons, Evolution & The Spirit That Remains – Guest Column
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoEditors’ Note: This guest column by former Luke Cage showrunner and Creed II writer Cheo Hodari...
Kendrick Lamar and Drake gave us an epic hip-hop beef weekend. Here’s what to know
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoTwo of hip-hop’s biggest stars have beef and people are taking sides. Kendrick Lamar and Drake have...
America Has Always Tried To Be Hip-Hop’s Overseer
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoIn the early 1980s, when hip-hop was cementing itself in the Black community, so was a devastating new drug and a police force that didn't know what to...
In Florida and across the U.S., here’s where — and how — rap lyrics have made it to court
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoIn Florida, rapper YNW Melly’s double murder retrial looms in 2024. Meanwhile, in Georgia, Young...
Tracing the 50-year evolution of hip-hop, from South Bronx block parties to the Black Power movement...
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoRun-DMC was considered one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.Michael...
‘Having a good time is a political act.’ Miami hip-hop is about more than dancing
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoOn the surface, Miami is a paradise. The beaches, the palm trees, the weather all have created an...