Hip-hop history is coming home to Wilmington. This spring, hip-hop pioneer and Wilmington native Sharon Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock — she's considered to be the first female rapper — will be honored ...

Born and raised in Detroit’s inner-city, BLKBOK (born Charles Wilson III), grew up in a music-filled house and by the time he ...

Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short. Although they produced and performed at a concert called “First Beats: Indigenous ...

Feb. 14—As a teen submerged in Vallejo's 1990s hip hop scene, Andrew Lago was drawn to media and music. Today, he's a Los Angeles-based radio host. With his online platform KB2G Radio, Lago aka "DL DA ...

ROXBURY – Roxbury Arts Group will present Supaman, Native American dancer (Apsaalooke Nation) and hip hop artist, in a special performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Hilt Kelly Hall in the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN)— Bryon Chambers was 16 years old when he snuck into a club where the first South by Southwest (SXSW) hip-hop showcase was happening 35 years ago. “That’s a funny story,” Chambers said ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...

Michie Mee celebrates getting her own Canada Post stamp alongside Maestro Fresh Wes and Muzion for Black History Month.

Wilmington will host MC Sha-Rock Day on May 17th to honor hip-hop pioneer and city native Sharon Jackson. Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock, is considered the first female rapper and was an original ...