Recently, on a rainy night, a small but mighty crowd braved the storm to talk about hip-hop and feminism at UMSL. “I go back to ’87 and ‘Self-Destruction,’ and the tightest verse on there was MC Lyte, ...

Politicians once abhorred rap stars. Now they're embracing them. Feb. 14, 2013 -- In the 1990s Washington was polarized on many of the same issues as today: taxes, the economy, gun control. But there ...

2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...

Even if you’re not the biggest hip-hop head, you probably heard this song around the time it came out. It was everywhere, after all. “Watch Me (Whip)” by Silento was the hot new dance craze tune back ...

For five decades, hip-hop has redefined the soundscape of American music and created a billion-dollar industry in its wake. Hip-hop as we know it has evolved way past its humble beginnings in the ...

“I’m not here looking for followers, I’m looking for new leaders,” conscious rapper Talib Kweli proclaimed in a freestyle as a capacity crowd crammed into Fubar, 3108 Locust St. in St. Louis, on the ...

Eminem has won favorite male hip-hop artist at the 2025 American Music Awards. Twenty-two years after taking home his first AMA in the same category, Slim Shady returned to win against some loaded ...

Born in the 1970s, hip-hop music was built largely on the beat breaks in disco songs. Some of the earliest hits in the genre sampled those dancey tracks, including “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill ...

I first decided to move to Paris on top of the water tower at my friend Alex’s apartment building in New York. It had been a dream of mine for two years, a romanticized idea that first got a hold of ...