For five decades, hip-hop has redefined the soundscape of American music and created a billion-dollar industry in its wake. Hip-hop as we know it has evolved way past its humble beginnings in the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – In August of 2022, an article in “Rolling Stone” accused guitarist Jeff Beck and actor Johnny Depp of stealing lyrics for a track on their album, “18,” from a toast included in a 1974 ...

The members of all-female rap trio The Sequence spent decades fighting for the royalties and recognition they were owed as a breakthrough act in early hip-hop. The South Carolina crew had a ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American ...

After a short delay, The Cause Podcast returns with Episode 11: Hip Hop Studies, Part 1 – The Roots of Hip Hop. In this dynamic episode, Dr. Reiland Rabaka digs into the birth of hip hop—not just as ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...

A new musical blending contemporary hip-hop music and Catholic liturgy debuted Feb. 14-16 at the Lyke House, a Catholic Newman Center serving historically Black colleges in Atlanta. The "Hip-Hop Mass" ...

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The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...