From its underground beginnings to its present-day status as a global cultural phenomenon, students will learn about the evolution of rap and its place in contemporary music and society.

Credited with shifting the way rappers rap, he is often recognized as the inventor of "flow," as those who came before him ...

Detroit’s Eminem (Marshall Mathers) became a rap superstar in the 1990s and has been called the king of hip-hop for albums such as Slim Shady New York hip-hoppers Public Enemy, formed in 1986 ...

Van der Doelen depicts Render’s career as a microcosm of the city’s role in the evolution of rap and current status as rap music’s unofficial capital. The rapper’s life in Atlanta is inter ...