In a culture often criticized for glorifying excess, “365 Hip-Hop: Daily Motivational Quotes” by Carl Michel flips the narrative—and the mindset. The book stands as a bold reminder that hip-hop is far ...

Sexual objectification of women is present in many male rap artists’ songs, but female artists are flipping that narrative with songs that uplift women and promote empowerment. (Frank Schwichtenberg / ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two University of Oregon first-year interest groups, Hip Hop and the Politics of Race, and Remixing Media, ©ritiquing ©ulture, collaborated on Dec. 4 to simultaneously host their annual Hip Hop Jam ...

UMass Amherst, Princeton University, and the Hip-Hop Education Center unite to elevate women’s legacies in Hip-Hop through archives, scholarship, and the arts. This is more than an academic ...

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 ...