I went to a Restraining Order show at the Crystal Palace, a Richmond punk house that has since burned down. I got there before Grand Scheme, the first band on the bill, started their set. It looked ...

From reciting rap lyrics to revolutionizing hip-hop studies Dr Joycelyn Wilson proves hip-hop’s power in academia and digital media.

Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Drake ("Gimme a Hug"), Offset ("Ten"), Gucci Mane ("Preference") and more. See you next week.

In June 2024, T1 Entertainment dropped its “T1 All Stars” album, which featured Klazik along with Iowa-based hip-hop artists ...

If the Eagles won the Super Bowl, then the next Amplifier playlist would be made up entirely of songs by artists from Philadelphia. The football gods upheld their end of this bargain — in case you ...

"This whole collection was an opportunity to dive deeper into that punk narrative because that was the foundation of a cultural moment and that adoption story that will then become a throughline for ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

Since the Eighties, Miami has been deeply intertwined with hip-hop culture. The city has produced artists such as 2 Live Crew ...

Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label ...

Memphis hip-hop star GloRilla is up for two Grammy Awards. As she looks to notch her first Grammy win, here is a look back at her journey.

At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house artists will be among ... mainstays in the kaleidoscope of American popular music and culture, having come a long way from ...

TLDR: Ageism in hip-hop challenges older artists, with some embracing adulthood and creating new music categories to overcome stereotypes of youth-only culture. It’s always awkward telling people what ...