*Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell believes nearly four decades of hip-hop, activism and community work have prepared him for a ...

Hip-Hop legend and Funky 4+1 member MC Sha-Rock is set to join Bowie State University as adjunct professor this fall.

Introduction / by DJ Kool Herc -- Prelude -- Necropolis : the Bronx and the politics of abandonment -- Sipple out deh : Jamaica's roots generation and the cultural turn -- Blood and fire, with ...

ROCK, a professor at HBCU Bowie State University, will receive one of the biggest honors of her career with induction into ...

“These artists weren’t just entertainers—they were educators, cultural critics, and community historians.” — Dr. Reiland Rabaka In Part 2 of our Hip Hop Studies series, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores the ...

Hip hop has always been a reflection of the times, a voice for the streets, and a movement that speaks truth to power. But in 1989, the culture did something truly revolutionary: it came together to ...

Iwalk into a restaurant for the reception welcoming my classmates and me back to graduate school. I am holding our 10-month-old daughter, Maven, on my left hip, while my right hand clasps the hand of ...

Hip-hop has never been primarily about music. The music was always the most visible output of something deeper: a competitive framework that rewarded skill, nerve, timing, and the ability to read a ...

J. Cole is paying homage to hip-hop print journalism with the release of The Fall-Off Magazine.The editorial publication ...

Three things of note to a particular slice of American culture occurred in recent weeks: On February 5th, the Grammy Awards, which were initially reluctant to embrace the genre of hip-hop, recognized ...

What parts of contemporary culture have been most impacted by hip-hop, which this month celebrates its 50th anniversary and in 2017 surpassed rock as the most popular and widely consumed music in the ...

There are more parallels between the streets of 1970's Bronx, USA and Kathmandu than you can imagine?ethnic conflict, dissatisfaction with the state and a population of frustrated youth with little to ...