From its beginnings to now, hip-hop has proven to be a powerful product of Black and Latin-American creativity. A fruit-bearing tree many others have clung to, picked from, and even helped water at ...

When we heard Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy teamed up with super producer PicnicTyme and DJ Sober for When Pigs Fly, we couldn’t help but be excited for A.Dd+’s 2011. They confidently took the city by ...

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Tykes and their parents should again dominate the domestic B.O. this weekend with Universal’s live action-toon hybrid “Hop” launching at 3,576 locations. B.O. pundits are predicting an easy win for ...

For “Hip-Hop Is Universal,” MSNBC’s celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, I’ve been holding conversations with experts who can speak to the way the genre seems to intersect with every discipline ...

Through lyrics about violence, illicit drugs and relationships between the powerful and the powerless, hip-hop music offers a wealth of perspectives on the law and the U.S. Constitution. Hip-hop has ...

Follow Billy on Facebook, Twitter. Follow Soren on Amazon, Twitter. Nicki Minaj's successes in 2011 aren't just great for a female rapper, or even a male rapper. They are good for any new artist.

As long as hip-hop culture has existed, photographers have documented it. An exhibition presented by Che Kothari and Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel, “40 Years of Hip Hop Photography,” celebrates the ...