Following a viral cultural call-to-action from comedian and cultural commentator Godfrey urging Black creators to stop ...

The scene after Oregon catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus hit a pinch-hit go-ahead home run in the seventh inning looked more like a Friday night conference... The Ducks brought the rain both figuratively and ...

This post was updated March 2 at 1:23 p.m. Hip-hop never needed the runway. The runway needed hip-hop. Hip Hop Congress at UCLA transformed the Ackerman Grand Ballroom into a catwalk Feb. 19, tracing ...

It happens every day — flip the channel to MTV and there is a rap video playing. Female booties shaking, guys singing (or speaking) unintelligible lyrics as they drive their opulent cars while ...

Hip-hop has a rich history filled with pioneers that, time and time again, take their turn recreating the definition of the genre in their own image, including Public Enemy, Biggie Smalls and Kendrick ...

The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will host the 2026 Hip Hop Convene beginning Wednesday, bringing four days of performances, workshops, guest lectures and panel discussions to ...

There’s nothing quite like a classic rap record, and few MCs delivered them as consistently as Gang Starr. The legendary ’90s duo—Guru on the mic and DJ Premier behind the boards—crafted six albums ...

Korea's K-pop could be a twin of American mainstream media. Think of it like the Parent Trap: The two share very similar features—catchy music, visual appeal, and strong fanbases—but maintain their ...

“Hip-hop is grounded in four distinct principles,” Donovan Livingston, a teaching assistant professor at UNC, said as he invited the audience to repeat after him. “Peace, love, unity, fun.” The ...

On Saturday, Feb. 21, the Center of Racial Justice at the University of Massachusetts, held its third annual Black Artistic Freedom Conference in conjunction with the W.E.B. Du Bois Center and UMass ...

The Hip Hop Convene came to a close Friday evening under dimmed lights and amplified voices, ending its run with a powerful focus on women in the culture. Carolyn Randolph-Kato moderates a panel on ...