The Art Gallery of Ontario recently welcomed The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. The exhibit explores the extraordinary impact of the genre through painting, photography ...

Art versus advertising — it’s the tension at the heart of a legal battle pitting an iconic institution against New York City ...

Beyond the decks, Kay Slay was a personality—his voice a fixture on NYC’s Hot 97 and Shade 45’s Street Sweepers Radio, where he continued to champion lyricism and street narratives long after the ...

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school's "first" hip-hop ...

Hip-Hop has been at the forefront of being a voice for marginalized individuals and has grown to become something bigger for the culture. While music has always been at the center, fashion, art ...

Hiip-Hop’s origins at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue are the location of a fierce fight in which the NY city claims a mural violates ...

S ince 2002, Elementz has provided young people safe spaces to express themselves through hip-hop culture and gain knowledge of its history. Founded in response to the 2001 death of 19-year-old ...

Charged Up Fest, the a city sponsored hip-hop music festival, will return for its second year May 29-June 1. The festival's mission is to spotlight Central Virginia through hip-hop — bringing together ...