The genre has been shaped by many artists over the years, but few have had as much of an impact as the early black hip-hop ... innovators of hip-hop DJing as an art form. His innovative techniques ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...

Ed Genesis, a longtime hip-hop artist based in Kalamazoo, will speak on the topic of “Social Justice Through a Hip-Hop Lens." ...

From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013). Reiland Rabaka, Hip Hop’s Amnesia: From Blues and the Black Women’s Club Movement to Rap ...