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From underground to mainstream dominance: charting 35 years of Malaysian hip-hop
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoKUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Rap is a music genre marked by spoken word over beats, that thrives on...
Hip-Hop Needs a #MeToo Reckoning
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCredit - Photo-Illustration by TIME; Getty Images Cassie Ventura is not the first survivor of hip-hop’s abuse. Unfortunately, she will not be the last....
Canada’s Juno Awards Fete Nickelback, Hip-Hop’s 50th, Jessie Reyez, the Weeknd (in Absentia)
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCanada’s Juno Awards broadcast didn’t need the Weeknd in the house for a little excitement at...
In its 50th year, hip-hop badly needs to learn to apologise
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSTATE OF THE ARTS: A new documentary produced by Public Enemy’s Chuck D traces the growth of a...
Bo$$, hip-hop pioneer and the first female rapper signed to Def Jam, dies at 54
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 5 months agoShe released her first and only studio album, "Born Gangstaz," in 1993. Bo$$, a rapper best known...
One Woman’s Unreciprocated Love For Hip-Hop
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoProducer and activist Drew Dixon fell in love with hip-hop, but that relationship grew complicated as the music became blatantly misogynistic and...
How women finally got hip-hop respect: 'The female rapper is unlike any other entertainer'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRapper Roxanne Shanté has a theory about why women in hip-hop now wield not only massive popularity,...
Grammy Award-Winner Eve to Publish New Memoir: “Who's That Girl? ”(Exclusive)
People via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe multi-hyphenate icon will share stories behind her albums, paving the way as a female hip-hop...
How New Orleans Shaped Queer Hip-Hop For The Rest Of America
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNew Orleans persists as the epicenter for queer rap as the city continues to churn out talent that...
Queen Latifah, Foxy Brown and Nicki Minaj Grace the Pages of a New Book About the Women Who Changed...
People via Yahoo News· 6 months ago'First Things First,' a new book from writer Nadirah Simmons, explores the often forgotten histories...