An old-school rapper and a breakout artist found common ground at Yale Law School: a complaint that hip hop has lost its edge. Paradise Gray and Jasiri X didn’t resort to rhymes or rhythm to convey ...

At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care. Somebody scream.

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Dec. 13, 2006 — -- Run of Run-DMC. MC Hammer. Chris Martin. Kurtis Blow. All these performers are rap legends of the 1980s and '90s. But besides the baggy pants, break dancing, bad hairstyles and ...

Indie underground hip-hopper Murs isn't quite ready to call himself a Tucsonan. He has the east-side home, the wife with deep Tucson roots, and an extended family whose birthday parties, family ...

An estimated 1,000 high school students from seven Connecticut cities gathered in Woolsey Hall on May 6 for a rap concert with the message of non-violence and respect. The event, titled “Rap for ...

Next on You Oughta Know, check out a hip-hop contest that promotes positive messages. Help young listeners navigate hip-hop lyrics. Visit a local college that’s preparing a new wave of women in audio.

Kendrick Lamar is in the midst of his The Big Steppers Tour right now, but he took some time out of his schedule to pen a reflective message for fans. In an Instagram Story last night, Lamar wrote ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 1982 hit "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was named the greatest hip hop song of all time on Wednesday, in the first such list by Rolling Stone ...