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Communities have a long history of storytelling ... Pattern of Cultural Appropriation The misrepresentation of hip-hop's ...

As an immigrant’s son, I’d grown up feeling alone and out of place, but the "Hamilton" soundtrack spoke to me.

Visit an online experience on the origins of hip-hop by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Check out the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap that includes more than 120 ...

Actually, let’s run that back. The history of hip-hop that you think you know might not be accurate. Rather, the origin of hip-hop is not what you think it is. Okay, enough revisions ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z released he would-be retirement album The Black Album. Although there ...

Questlove has jumped back into the role of author for his latest book Hip-Hop Is History, which publishes on Tuesday (June 11). His latest music book aims to combine history with The Roots drummer ...

Call it growing pains: Unlike, say, classical or country, 50 years is a blip in the history of music. And for much of that time, critics regarded hip-hop as a passing fad. Then it was seen as an ...

The album also introduced fans to the poetic, weed-puffing duo Smif N Wessun and Heltah Skeltah, the origin of the late ... forever etch Black Moon in Hip Hop history.

‘The Apprentice’ Looks to Chart The Roots of Donald Trump’s Business and Beliefs. The new movie ...

After being nominated three times, A Tribe Called Quest became the 12th hip-hop act inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On Saturday evening, October 19, in Cleveland, A Tribe Called ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – The Rockford Public Library has announced free programs throughout the month of November in honor of Hip-Hop History Month. The free events will include breaking ...