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Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 hours agoFollowing in the footsteps of his recently announced hip-hop storytelling course in partnership with MasterClass—in addition to his forthcoming documentary ...
Furious Styles Crew 'put hip-hop on the map' in Phoenix. A new play tells their story
The Arizona Republic· 1 day agoAll he saw was a barren desert landscape where people were “still parking their horses at Circle K.”...
Here Are All the Rappers Who Have Made It Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
XXL Magazine· 2 hours agoJay-Z said it best on his 2017 track "Smile": "Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen." The Brooklyn MC has been serving up inimitable rhymes for over three decades. The Songwriters Hall ...
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli accused of copying, sharing one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
The Daily Progress· 5 days agoThe album, "Once Upon a Time is Shaolin," has not been released to the public, functioning as a rare...
The sound of sales: 23 Hip Hop classics in ad campaigns
Revolt via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHip Hop has long been a powerful force that influenced not just music, but also fashion, language,...
The Next Great American Mega-Genre
The Atlantic· 6 days agoIf you ask Americans about their favorite genre of music, the top pick tends to be classic rock. What if hip-hop and ...
Photographer Sue Kwon Captured the New York Hip Hop Scene in Its Infancy
PetaPixel· 4 days agoPhotographer Sue Kwon has photographed some of the biggest names in hip-hop and was around when the...
GOAT debates are a hip-hop tradition. Spotify is here to spoil the fun
NPR· 4 days agoI do not use Spotify, and my relationship with the playlist — once dubbed the most influential in music — has always been guarded, since to my ears it has never really reflected ...
dream hampton on Capturing the Early Days of Hip-Hop
Vanity Fair· 4 days agoIt Was All a Dream, dream hampton’s documentary about the dawn of the golden age of hip-hop, brings the filmmaker’s personal archive to life. In 1993,...
SZA and other singers who attended HBCUs
ClutchPoints· 6 days agoJune is Black Music Month. This month we celebrate all that is Black music as music is such a huge part of our culture. From Jazz to ...
