UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies launched its wide-ranging Hip Hop Initiative on March 28, which will establish UCLA as a leading center for hip-hop studies globally by way ...

Red Bull Spiral is back for its third season of razor-sharp flows and electrifying freestyle moments. Inspired by the ...

Andy Kawanami and Chuy Gomez (left to right) hosted ‘Hip Hop Friday’ on the California Music Channel in the ’90s. The channel became a crucial outlet for Bay Area rappers on their way to national ...

In a positive move for Hip-Hop, the state of California became the first state to ban the usage of rap lyrics in its criminal cases. Meek Mill, E-40, and others joined the state’s governor to ...

This conversation, in partnership with LAist, took place before a live audience at the Crawford, LAist’s live event venue in Pasadena, California. The 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Born in the Bronx, ...

It’s always a wonderful thing to see Hip-Hop be included in academia. It’s not that the culture really needs that validation, but whenever specific artists inspire college-level school curricula, it’s ...

A hip-hop artist from California bought a house in Tulsa this week, but he doesn't plan to live there. Instead, he wants to make it a museum dedicated to the movie The Outsiders. It’s known as the ...

Hip-hop radio veterans Mastermind and Jay Smooth, along with music industry academic Michelle Santosuosso, discuss what this ...

Audible is honoring the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop with a slate of Audible Originals programs profiling Snoop Dogg, Lil Kim, Yasiin Bey and other cultural figures. (L-R) Chuck D and DJ Drama attend ...

(KRON) – A bill that would limit the admissible use of rap or hip-hop lyrics in a court of law is now on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after passing both houses of the legislature. Assembly Bill ...

The linguistics anthropologist who created Harvard's hip hop archive died on September 28, after battling with Alzheimer's ...