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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: A Bold Rebuke of Trump’s America

Kendrick Lamar performing the Super Bowl LIX Half Time Show (Screenshot). BHM Our Voices: Perspectives on the Black Experience – Stories examining the issues, injustices,...

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music

52-year-old rapper Common performs on Sept. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia It’s always awkward telling people what I...

Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes

Quincy Jones left his indelible touch on some of the 20th century’s most iconic albums. Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix by Jose Valentino Ruiz, University...

From America to Africa: Hip-Hop in the Motherland 50 years later

BRAIN, AN ARTIST WITH STONE TOWN RECORDS; ZENJI BOI, OWNER OF STONE TOWN RECORDS;  A STONE TOWN RECORDS CUSTOMER. (PHOTO BY LAMONT JONES JR.) by...

Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

by Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University It is perhaps only natural, as hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, that people look to the genre’s future....

Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young

Hip hop artists, from top left, clockwise, DMX, Lexii Alijai, Prince Markie Dee and Trugoy the Dove have all passed away within the past...

Jermaine Dupri, Drake, Hawks Owner To Produce Documentary On Legendary Atlanta Strip Club Magic City

Atlanta's strip culture will be highlighted in a new docu-series produced by Jermaine Dupri, Drake, and Atlanta Hawks co-owner Jami Gertz.  "Magic City: An American...

Rick Ross Could Be Fayetteville’s Next Mayor

Rick Ross might possibly be one of Atlanta's biggest change agents. He obviously gets politics and the democratic process, if you don't like how...

Rick Ross Could Be Fayetteville’s Next Mayor

Rick Ross might possibly be one of Atlanta's biggest change agents. He obviously gets politics and the democratic process, if you don't like how...

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