What happens when a rapper whose early work explored capitalism’s brutality becomes one of the system’s most successful beneficiaries?
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Emerging from a swirl of sonic influences, reggaeton began as Panamanian protest music long before Puerto Rican artists turned the genre into a global phenomenon.
The 76ers celebrate the 25th anniversary of an iconic team that lost the championship but captured the heart of the city.
It’s largely down to the demands of streaming services.
The recent track attacking Labor proves one thing: the Coalition doesn’t understand hip-hop.
There’s an impulse by universities and media to inaccurately document hip-hop’s history. The genre is, in part, a response to that imprecision, a professor of hip-hop writes.
Central Cee has been one of the most prolific artists of the last year.
The rapper has mastered the delicate balance between commercial success and politically charged music. How far will he push the envelope on one of the world’s biggest stages?
The visionary arranger thought of himself as a storyteller, not just a sound engineer.
The six-time platinum-selling artist invites fans into an imagined future that celebrates Blackness and queerness.
A number of celebrities have made it clear they won’t ‘pick a side’ in relation to the war on Gaza. Macklemore clearly isn’t worried about that.
In an effort to bring the Olympics to a wider and younger audience, breaking is the latest “sport” to make its debut at Paris 2024. But how will it work as a scored sport?
Phonk isn’t just a new-age TikTok trend. It’s the music of a generation rallying against the state of the world.
The Calling, the Hilltop Hoods’ third album, would be their first to reach mainstream success.
In many parts of the world, hip-hop has become a way for Muslim artists to assert their belonging and identity.
The same boldness that enabled hip-hop to endure can benefit teachers in the classroom, a hip-hop scholar writes.
On Aug. 11, 1973, a block party in the Bronx spawned a genre that would go on to influence nearly all aspects of US culture – and the music, fashion and art of countries around the world.
As hip-hop turns 50, an unfortunate reality is that so many of its pioneering artists never live to see much more than 50 years themselves, a professor of hip-hop writes.
America’s veneration of gun ownership is seconded only by its commitment to rendering armed Blacks as an existential danger to the civility and structure of America.
Hip-hop traveled far after being birthed by Black Americans in US cities. The journey hasn’t always been smooth.
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura / Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
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Senior Lecturer in Music, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Religious Studies, University of Arizona
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Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Quinnipiac University
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Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Calgary
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Musicology, West Virginia University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Hip-Hop Studies, University College Cork
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria