It's an atypical college class with a famous instructor. That's what has students at NC Central waiting in line to sign up for the "History of Hip-Hop" class taught by music producer Patrick Douthit.

In 2023 Ahmir Thompson, known as Questlove, curated the “Hip-Hop at 50” tribute for the Grammy Awards. The harrowing experience, in which Mr. Thompson had to distill a half century of music—and ...

In 2025, Mass Appeal launched the Legend Has It...campaign that repackages hip-hop class acts as a label asset class and long ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X At a conference on culturally relevant pedagogy, New Haven educators learned that with the help of ...

The dancers in the circle were lifting up their own spirits and the spirits of those around them. They were participating in a culture that was now in its third generation of practitioners. And, as ...

Did you enjoy Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city? There’s now a class for that. Multiple colleges are offering hip-hop-focused classes this fall. From courses on Jay Z to Tupac, these pop-culture ...

RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) - This year, hip-hop turns 50 years old. The music once thought to be a fad has become the most consumed genre in the U.S. Now, an EKU instructor is teaching a class called the ...

The limited series podcast will be released on Oct. 26. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor The podcast collaboration takes a look back at the year that helped launch the global cultural phenomenon of ...

Wondery and Audible have launched their latest audio series, Class of ’88, now available on Amazon Music and Audible. Hosted by Academy Award-winning actor and hip-hop icon Will Smith, this limited ...

A new generation of hip-hop stars has been crowned. XXL magazine released its annual freshman class list on Monday, highlighting 11 promising rappers who are poised to make their mark on hip-hop.

Popular rapper Brodha V (Vighnesh Shivanand) has just dropped his high-energy album Underrated, in which he does something ...

Hip-hop has long been one of the biggest and most vibrant genres in the Philippines. For decades, the Filipino hip-hop scene has been home to some of the country’s most riveting and innovative acts, ...