AND IN THE END, I WON’T BE SHY LISTENING TO HIP HOP MUSIC. I JUST KEEP MY HEAD UP AND I’M JUST GRINDING IT OUT, ANALYZING THE LYRICS. AND SO HERE ARE SET OF LYRICS, SOMETHING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT ...

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment might ...

Knight is a local DJ and rapper who lives in North Park. I bought my first hip-hop single as a kid. It was the Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight.” That’s when I fell in love with hip-hop. Later on in ...

Sterling Bland ’23, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a joint concentrator in Sociology and African and African American Studies in Quincy House. When I was fourteen years old, I found an older cousin’s ...

In 2008, The Roots made a gutsy move by launching The Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life in their hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time, the future was uncertain. They were ...

Viral comedian Druski blends hip-hop, satire, and social media fame—making waves with 'Coulda Been Records' and a historic ...

Rap music often serves as a powerful platform for artists to narrate their personal stories and shed light on societal issues, including the realities of immigrant life. Songs from the genre have ...

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 ...

The Notorious B.I.G. casting a serious gaze at the camera while sitting in his car. Lauryn Hill perched on a velvet couch like an African princess. Grandmaster Flash working the turntables at a block ...

Additional performers included The Pharcyde, Arrested Development, Pete Rock, and more. The entire historic affair closed with every performer on stage, as Black Sheep rocked an energetic performance ...

Slim Thug is the epitome of a humble giant. He revealed he was very flattered when he found out he inspired Lupe Fiasco to write “Hip-Hop Saved My Life”. As per Hot New Hip-Hop, the Houston native ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Notorious B.I.G. released his second album, Life After Death. The double LP was released posthumously by Bad Boy Records. Biggie, who was killed two weeks prior to its ...