Since its humble beginnings in the Bronx in 1973, hip-hop has evolved into one of the planet’s top musical genres, thanks in part to the boundary-pushing artists throughout its lifetime. Whereas ...

The blog era of Hip Hop opened new doors for artists to reach fans directly through digital platforms. Sites like DatPiff and 2DopeBoyz played a key role in launching careers for artists who are now ...

This article was co-published in partnership with The TRiiBE. For as long as Chicago has been on the map as a dominant cultural hotbed, the city’s Black population has been a target of lucrative ...

Partial Fraction, a young technology start-up, knows that the world of hip-hop can be confusing to navigate on the Internet with so many hot sites, mp3s and social networking opportunities. That's why ...

Starting a hip-hop blog in college gives you something most writers don’t have yet: proximity. You’re surrounded by new music, new voices, and real-time culture ...

A few weeks ago a ten-minute YouTube video titled “Chicago Hip House Documentary 1989,” posted in December, started popping up on all kinds of music blogs, including rap sites normally too orthodox to ...

Thought up last spring and launched over the summer, BenzAndABackpack.com — a comprehensive hip-hop blog created by Peter Drinan '11 and Steven Aguiar '11 — has already gained a sizable following on ...

It has now been a year since this hip-hop column debuted. I have enjoyed every minute of my experience documenting hip-hop in the Triangle area, but I am not the first to do so. In the mid 2000s when ...

On Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em, legendary New York MC Rakim proclaims: “I’m the arsenal, I got artillery, lyrics are ammo….” Senegalese-born French rapper MC Solaar compares his mic to body armour and ...

The blog era of Hip Hop opened new doors for artists to reach fans directly through digital platforms. Sites like DatPiff and 2DopeBoyz played a key role in launching careers for artists who are now ...