Hip-hop did not become the worldwide phenomenon it is today by being unorganized. In order to bring together all the elements of hip-hop culture, Disc jockey Afrika Bambaataa founded the first hip-hop ...

Kendrick Lamar during a 2018 concert in Los Angeles. His feud with Drake prompted Questlove to declare hip-hop "dead." (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press) Questlove, the accomplished ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office put the Erie gang 4-Nation in the same category as the Mafia when the office in May charged 22 of the accused gang members with violating the federal RICO Act, aimed at ...

The Annual Neruda Poetry Festival celebrates Chicano oral tradition and flor y canto (flower and song) — meaning a flowery, rhythmic style of reciting poetry. Each year, visiting artists define the ...

The Roots and Live Nation Urban have announced a new event for next year that will be one of the hottest tickets around. The inaugural Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life event will take ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kendrick Lamar will pop out on the NFL's biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans. “Rap music is still the ...

Non-fungible token (NFT) company Legitimate is teaming up with shoe behemoth PUMA and entertainment agency Roc Nation to release a sneaker collection. Called “Evolution of the Mixtape,” the collection ...

Federal prosecution of the 58-defendant 4-Nation racketeering case is largest case of its kind in Erie U.S. Attorney's Office says accused gang leader's rap videos help incriminate him Defense says ...