Public Enemy heads to ESSENCE Fest 2026 with a career-spanning set, bringing “Fight the Power” and more to the Superdome in ...

Legendary French rap group, formed in 1985 by Rockin’ Squat and Solo, Assassin announces a major return to the stage with a ...

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We speak with Cheryl ‘The Pearl’ Cook and Gwendolyn ‘Blondy’ Chisolm of the foundational all-woman hip-hop trio — in ...

"Don't let anybody tell you what you can't do," Rap J said deep into a 65-minute set at Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company April 19. "You've just got to believe." The Milwaukee rapper born Jaquawn Gatson ...

A chance encounter led to overnight success for the Sequence, a seminal trio whose “Funk You Up” broke barriers.

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Afrika Bambaataa, the influential rapper and DJ who helped shape the culture of hip-hop with his legendary Zulu Nation block ...

An underperforming California school district is dishing out nearly $300,000 to partner with a group to teach a rap-based curriculum to students, sparking "troubling" concerns, the Justice Department ...

One of California’s most underperforming school districts is spending nearly $300,000 teaching kids to rap, raising the alarm among DEI watchdogs. The Merced City School District in the Central Valley ...

Some of rap music’s biggest names have come out in support of a Black man, whose rap lyrics were cited during his sentencing in Texas. He is on death row. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted ...