Since its birth, Hip-Hop has been a platform to confront real life problems and emotions the African-American culture has faced. The genre has broken through various social barriers to talk about the ...

A musical movement in Africa reshapes hip-hop. Nov. 9, 2007— -- A quick Google search of the phrase "HipLife" pulls up a surprising 78.8 million hits. But what is it? A fad diet? A new self-help ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Hip-hop music is celebrating 50 years, and since its inception the impact it’s had on ...

Jasmine "Jazz" Young expanded her global footprint with VRTEXX, a label built to elevate West African artists onto the world stage.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Sugarhill Gang, the legendary hip-hop group that pioneered American rap with their 1979 hit song “Rapper’s Delight,” will perform in downtown Grand Rapids this weekend as part ...

Emerging artists making rap, Afrobeats and R&B music push Christian genre boundaries - A new wave of Christian artists from ...

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, ...

From samba to hip hop to reggae, so much of the music we enjoy has African roots. Tonight, for the first time, the Grammy Awards is recognizing music produced in Africa with a category of its own.

It was almost exactly a year ago that Nigerian Afrobeats singer Davido headlined a packed concert at Houston's Toyota Center. On July 5, the singer of the hits "Fall" and "Unavailable" returns to ...