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The Cypher City Hip Hop Festival will take place from 3-9 p.m. July 26 at the Richland County Fairgrounds. It is the second year for the festival.
Hip-Hop Wired’s “ Artists You Gotta Listen To In July ” list is packed with some dope talent. Leading the charge is Money DW, a Houston native who’s been building steam in the South.
By the early 2000s, hip-hop artists began opting for black-and-white American flags. Simply put, this symbolism represented political defiance and a refusal to surrender.
Music is changing at a rapid pace. Every year there is a hot new artist or trend. Hip hop’s success in the mainstream means that it is no stranger to these shifts. The genre’s success also ...
The emergence of hip-hop out of the West Coast provoked a seismic shift within mainstream music as artist spoke about life in the streets of South Central Los Angeles.
Peyton Manning and LL Cool J have teamed on Hip Hop Was Born Here, a docuseries that explores the history of hip hop in New York City, for Paramount+.
Jasmine Serran, right, went from teaching her usual keiki hip hop class at Center Stage Dance Alliance to teaching Kupuna Hip Hop at the Palace Theater from May 22 to July 3. Photo courtesy of Clayton ...
Check out the best new hip-hop songs this week from Rick Ross, Don Toliver, Young Nudy and more.
LL Cool J takes a trip through New York City rap history in the new trailer for his upcoming Paramount+ docuseries, 'Hip-Hop Was Born Here.' ...
Hip-hop was born in August of 1973 at a back-to-school party in the Bronx borough of New York City. DJ Kool Herc began playing with turntables while Coke La Rock grabbed a mic to MC, and hip-hop was ...