hip hop
Beatboxer Christylez Bacon takes globalization seriously
Grammy-winning hip-hop and beatbox artist Christylez Bacon invites artists from different cultures to mix it up on stage with him in Washington, DC.
They Slay: Five Queer Rappers You Should Know
Macklemore quoted me on 'White Privilege II.' That song showed me what an unruly mess we’re in.
Outside of class, this Afghan teen rapper travels the world to end child marriage
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
He traveled to Congo to teach hip hop and ended up giving a beat-making class on US race relations
It's Swahili. It's French. It's English. It's hip hop created by American professor Pierce Freelon on his latest trip to Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Except this time, news broke back home in the US about black churches set ablaze. Freelon soon turned his beats making lab into a masterclass on race relations.
Drake Makes a Mixtape for Sotheby’s
For his latest trick, Drake sets black contemporary art at Sotheby's to the music of Rihanna, Riff Raff, Chief Keef, and Drake. Beats By Dre included.
2015 Will Be Hip-Hop’s Best Year
There's so much good hip-hop in 2015 that you could forget about a bunch of it and it would still be one of the best years ever — and it's not even May.
Mixtapes Still Work Without the Music
Hip-hop artists put extra effort into mixtape album art, and now we have the coffee table book to prove it.
The Golden Age of Rap Captured on Film
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York chronicles hip-hop's heyday with photos of figures like LL Cool J and Queen Latifah before they were famous.
2015 Will Be Hip-Hop's Best Year
There's so much good hip-hop in 2015 that you could forget about a bunch of it and it would still be one of the best years ever — and it's not even April.
21st Century Hip Hop's 15th Century Look
The Tumblr B4XVI's photo mashups show that Kanye West, Rick Ross, and Drake may be drawing inspiration from the Renaissance.
Sideshow Podcast: The Best of 2014's Internet
Sean Rameswaram revisits the best videos, songs, sites, and memes the internet gave us in 2014 with prior guests and Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen.
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Groundskeeper Willie, Michael Jackson, and octopuses win the internet this week.
Liberia's hottest hip-hop station has all the latest Ebola music and news
One of Liberia's most popular hip-hop stations is taking its young audience and the Ebola crisis seriously. Hott FM is quickly becoming Monrovia's best source for 24/7 Ebola coverage — through both news updates and the hottest songs. Have a listen.