Just in 2025, New Orleans rapper La Reezy has received a major award from the Hip Hop Museum, released three projects, ...

This post was updated Oct. 21 at 9:54 p.m. With hip-hop rhythm, heel flair and unapologetic fun, Ruby Silverman is shaking up ...

The Hip-Hop Museum held a Black Tie Gala to raise money for the organization and to honor select Hip-Hop figures. As The Hip Hop Museum readies to launch in 2026, Rocky Bucano, the CEO of the upcoming ...

Donald Trump layered his border speech over a Dr. Dre beat and the internet couldn’t decide if it was satire or strategy. Donald Trump dropped a political remix that collided Hip-Hop and Capitol Hill, ...

Separated by decades but bound by spirit, both Black-American art forms thrive on improvisation. Their fusion is conversation, intergenerational and unforced. There’s a scene in The Get Down, ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Ashley Tate has danced and choreographed for most of her life. And the further she has gone with the art form, the more she has ...

On one of the most tragic days in American history, September 11, 2001, Jay-Z dropped what many consider to be his defining masterpiece, The Blueprint. Released on Roc-A-Fella Records, the album was ...

Newark’s annual 24 Hours of Peace celebration will take place Friday at 5 p.m. through 6 p.m. on Saturday, headlined by pioneering rapper Kool G Rap. The free annual event is a round-the-clock ...

After wrapping the last century on a high note that only Mariah Carey’s vocal cords could challenge, R&B and hip-hop’s contributions to the musical canon swelled in the first 25 years of the 21st ...

The Black Radio Experience, an offshoot of the Blue Note Jazz Festival, runs Friday through Sunday at the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa. Now in its fourth year, the festival highlights Black ...

The SJZ Break Room will host 14 acts in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District for its 2025 Fall Series. San Jose Jazz is bringing national touring artists and emerging jazz, soul and hip-hop artists to ...

When Jabari “Dr. Naledge” Evans was a kid, hip-hop felt like a privilege. If he got straight A’s, his mother would let him go to the legendary music venue in the city’s South Side, Chicago’s ...