Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential ...

Reviewed by Luis Gimenez in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 9 (3) 2013, pages 192-195. Reviewed by Caroline Mose in Journal of African cultural studies (London) 25 (2) June 2013, pages ...

For five decades, hip-hop has redefined the soundscape of American music and created a billion-dollar industry in its wake. Hip-hop as we know it has evolved way past its humble beginnings in the ...

Shaboozey won his first Grammy for "Amen" with Jelly Roll and spoke about country music's deep African American roots.

A brand-new festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop music is coming to Ohio State Saturday. Ohio State’s School of Music and Department of African American and African Studies are set to ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...

After a short delay, The Cause Podcast returns with Episode 11: Hip Hop Studies, Part 1 – The Roots of Hip Hop. In this dynamic episode, Dr. Reiland Rabaka digs into the birth of hip hop—not just as ...

“Me saying that might offend people here. They might feel that I’m taking shots at Nigerian music. But that’s not the deal." - Cassper Nyovest. The rapper, in an interview with Pulse, states that M.I ...

Cassper Nyovest talked about Hip Hop music in Africa, Kanye West and his third studio album. The rapper got talking about the alleged imitation of his floating stage design by Kanye West. Kanye West ...

Hip-hop is a multi-billion-dollar industry and the world’s most popular music genre. Originating in the South Bronx in the 1970s by African American and Latino communities in response to industrial ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...