Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharon Jackson, aka MC Sha-Rock, grew up in Wilmington and was an original member of one of the first rap groups, the Funky 4 + 1.

Hip Hop has always been bigger than one sound, one coast, or one kind of story. Across generations, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander artists have shown up as DJs, battle rappers, ...

Amer Ahmed, a longtime board member at the Hip Hop Congress, found the concept of American Indian hip-hop strikingly unfamiliar. Last November, Ahmed, director of intercultural affairs at Concordia ...

New Yorkers everywhere know Jadakiss as one of the biggest icons on the New York City hip-hop scene who reps the greatest city in the world with pride. But did you know the rapper is actually a ...

Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short. Although they produced and performed at a concert called “First Beats: Indigenous ...

FARGO — Stuart James, a hip-hop artist from the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota, raps about important issues that affect Native communities. The 30-year-old started off as a shy kid. Though he ...

Watts-born hip-hop sensation Fedie Demarco is profoundly impacting the rap scene with a powerful resurgence of authentic lyricism in Gangster Rap. Amidst a genre often saturated with trends, Fedie ...

In a new interview, Questlove reveals why Drake vs. Kendrick was so triggering, how he regained his passion for hip-hop and what to expect from the new Roots album. "Do I truly feel like hip-hop is ...

A rather bright national spotlight has finally been cast on Minnesota's booming American Indian hip-hop scene. Vice Media and Apple Music have teamed up to create an ambitious new documentary series ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...

UPDATE, Aug. 30: This event has been canceled. After more than three decades in the hip-hop game, the Bay Area’s own DJ Platurn understands how it’s all connected. East Coast or West Coast, ...