On this day in 2006, Lumumba Carson, better known as Professor X of X-Clan, passed away at 49 years old due to complications ...

Hip-hop started as the political voice of the disenfranchised African-American youth: from its origins in New York projects, to permeating the sounds of the Deep South and the sunny climes of the ...

A new generation of artists has rewritten the definition of rap to make the genre a cultural powerhouse yet again.

Jeezy details what called him to the intersection of music and politics in the trailer for Hip-Hop And The White House. The documentary explores subjects including Ye’s infamous “George Bush ...

But to say, as many conservatives do, that hip-hop is culturally corrosive is to demonstrate a lack of familiarity with the music itself. This remains an unfortunate blind spot for a political ...

Hop's political movement before the rise of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, only to be pushed aside by major moguls like Russell Simmons and Diddy.

Roy Ayers was a beloved sample source who made it a point to collaborate with rappers as the genre rose to prominence ...