Hip Hop

Kanye West & Jay-Z Are Going To Do It Again

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Watch the Throne, Jay-Z Kanye West, Kanye West, Watch the Throne 2, Slideexpand, Kanye West Watch the Throne, Video, Hip Hop, Good Music Compilation, Watch the Throne Sequel, Jay-Z, Jay-Z Watch the Throne, Entertainment News

Jay-Z and Kanye West will re-team for a sequel to Watch The Throne. According to Mike Dean, a veteran producer who worked on the first collaboration a...

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Voguing In China?!

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Choreography, Video, Rashaad Newsome Hong Kong Art Fair, Hip Hop, Rashaad Newsome, Voguing, Chinese Instruments, Dance, Hong Kong Art Fair, Drag, China, Emerging Artists, Arts News

In a newly released video online, we see Rashaad Newsome schooling VIP art patrons at the Hong Kong International Art Fair (ART HK) on the art of vogu...

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BADBADNOTGOOD Bangs Out at Brooklyn Bowl

Jerell Tongson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Badbadnotgood, Next, Just the Islands, Hip Hop, Brooklyn Bowl, Jazz, Brooklyn, Odd Future, Coachella, Frank Ocean, NY Arts, NY Around Town, Video, New York News
Jerell Tongson

Their sound is bigger than jazz, it's bigger than hip-hop, it's BADBADNOTGOOD.

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Review: El-P's Never Easy 'Cancer 4 Cure'

Brandon Perkins | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: El-P, Skrillex, New York, Music, Hip-Hop, El-P Review, Music Review, Album Review, Cancer 4 Care, Entertainment News
Brandon Perkins

One of hip-hop's defining and most exhilarating moments is when the beat drops out and allows a particularly powerful or poignant punchline to garner all the shine. As a producer, El-P is among the best at setting up these moments.

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Hip Hop Pioneers Public Enemy Headline Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival

Kelly Frazier | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Chuck D, Movement Electronic Music Festival, Hip Hop, Movement Festival, Detroit Techno, Flava Flav, Public Enemy, Demf, Public Enemy Detroit, Movement Detroit, Detroit News
Kelly Frazier

With two albums set for this year and a major tour, Public Enemy is set to headline Detroit's annual Movement Electronic Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend at Hart Plaza.

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Popmaster Fabel, Hip Hop Legend, Dance Master, Native Icon

Camilla Webster | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Zulu Kings, Street Music, Break Dancing, Spanish Harlem, Old School Hip Hop, Physical Graffiti, Electric Boogaloos, Hip Hop, Suga Pop, Tools of War: Grassroots Hip Hop, Total Chaos, Graffiti Writing, True School Park Jam Series, Popping and Locking, Popmaster Fabel, New York News
Camilla Webster

In our desire to suss out the fascinating, intricate history and current life of real hip hop in New York City, we had the good fortune of sitting down with Popmaster Fabel.

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Michael Hogan

Run-D.M.C. Member's Awesome MCA Memory

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Hogan | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Adam Yauch, Hip Hop, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Martin Scorsese, Simon Doonan, Entertainment News

At last night's gala benefit for The Moth, a non-profit dedicated to the art of storytelling, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels shared a few memories of Adam ...

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"A Flow Master in Disaster With a Sound That's Gone" - Adam Yauch

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Mike D, Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, Beastie Boys, Mca, Hip-Hop, Adam Horovitz, Ad Rock, New York Music, Mca Beastie Boys, New York News
Salvatore Bono

Yauch was not only a musical pioneer with Beasties; he was an activist and humanitarian. Wherever there was injustice, there was Yauch, wherever there was a voice to be given to the voiceless, there was Yauch.

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Straight Rapper Takes On Homophobia (With Some Michael Jackson Mixed In)

Tanene Allison | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Michael Jackson, LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Adair Lion, Hip Hop, It Gets Better, Change, Social Change, Rap, Music, Video, Arts News
Tanene Allison

When was the last time you heard a rapper start a track quoting Harvey Milk? This video would be the first time that has happened.

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Wheelchair Sports Camp Talk New EP (LISTEN)

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Denver Music, Denver Hip-Hop, Denver News, Denver Indie Music Scene, Female Emcees, Queer Emcees, Mydenver, We Are the 99 Percent, Kalyn Heffernan, Best of Denver, Indie Hip-Hop, My Denver, Hip-Hop, Denver Hip Hop, Denver Culture, Colorado, Video, #Occupydenver, Occupy Denver, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Denver Colorado, Wheelchair Sports Camp, #Occupywallstreet, Where We All Live, #Ows, Denver News

If you don't know who Wheelchair Sports Camp are yet, you will soon. Led by MC/Producer Kalyn Heffernan and joined by vocalist/saxophonist Abi McGaha ...

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Mixing Image and Integrity With Mr. Muthaf*ckin' eXquire

Gideon Resnick | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Success, Video, Danny Brown, Hip Hop, Youtube, Rap, Satire, Image, Rapping, Live, Viral, Music, Mr. Muthafucking Exquire, Vibe, Concert, Entertainment News
Gideon Resnick

eXquire is a guy with a soul of integrity that belies the obscenities of his name and videos. The future of rap is in the hands of people like him, who can transform snapshots of their daily lives into unforgettable videos.

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Esperanza Spalding on Creativity, Inspiration and Hip Hop

Demetria Irwin | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Earth Day 2012, TED Talks, Hip Hop, Q-Tip, Jazz, Slavery, Grammy Awards, Esperanza Spalding, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Pop Culture, Black Voices News
Demetria Irwin

Twenty-seven-year-old Grammy award winner Esperanza Spalding is not only an amazing vocalist and musician, but also an inspiring public speaker. After a recent performance, she sat down to share some of her thoughts on music. Here are a few gems from that talk.

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Classically Trained ... Rappers?!

Jade Simmons | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Hip Hop, Jade Simmons, Tupac Shakur, Educated Rappers, Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks, Drake, Hip Hop Artists, Arts News
Jade Simmons

Rappers Tupac, Nicki Minaj, Slick Rick, Kanye West, Dana Dane and newcomer Azealia Banks all have one thing in common. They all got schooled.

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Detroit Hip Hop Collective Clear Soul Forces Subject of Red Bull Documentary

Kelly Frazier | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hip Hop, Detroit Hip Hop, Red Bull Soundstage, Clear Soul Forces, Detroit, Red Bull, Shady Records, Kelly Frazier, Royce Da 5'9", Video, Detroit News
Kelly Frazier

The Sound & Vision documentary with Clear Soul Forces takes an ambitious look into the passions that these four guys have and how hip-hop has helped them get past environmental, societal, and personal obstacles.

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Inspired by Detroit, Electronic Music Producer Eliot Lipp Plays the Magic Stick

Kelly Frazier | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: The Magic Stick, Eliot Lipp, Hip Hop, The Magic Stick Detroit, Eliot Lipp Dj, Detroit Music Scene, Detroit Around Town, Detroit Music, Eliot Lipp Detroit, Eliot Lipp the Magic Stick, Detroit News
Kelly Frazier

Through his journeys, Eliot Lipp has had a special relationship to the city of Detroit. The long cherished history of our electronic music scene has been highly influential to both his music and live shows.

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Mayer Hawthorne Steps Up and Shows Out at Webster Hall

Jerell Tongson | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Hip Hop, How Do You Do, Step Brothers, Webster Hall, NY Around Town, Prestige Worldwide, Soul Music, Mayer Hawthorne, The Stepkids, Stones-Throw-Records, New York News
Jerell Tongson

Decked out in a black velvet blazer and matching bowtie, Hawthorne was a showman through and through, knowing when to belt out his signature falsetto and when to slow it down and interact with the crowd.

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How Women Accept Offensive Songs

Joseph Rauch | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Hip Hop, Women's Issues, Rap, Hip Hop Misogyny, Song Lyrics, College News
Joseph Rauch

Since I attend a school with a vast majority of women, I have had many opportunities to get answers to this question: "How can you stand to listen to songs that reduce your entire gender to bitches or hoes?"

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Is Drake's 'Re-Bar Mitzvah' A Mockery Of Judaism?

Rabbi Daniel Brenner | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Biracial, Bar Mitzvah, Hip-Hop, Drake, Judaism, Black and Jewish, Sacred Sounds, Religion News
Rabbi Daniel Brenner

Drake has never been reticent about his Jewish roots. But what does his latest song have to do with bar mitzvah? And how should we react when a video for a song that relates a life of private jets, expensive alcohol, pills and sexually aggressive women is shot in a synagogue?

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Rotten Decay : BADBADNOTGOOD Is Re-Defining the Genre

Jerell Tongson | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Badbadnotgood, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tyler the Creator, Odd Future, Bbng2, Badbadnotgood Band, Bbng, Coachella, Video, New York News
Jerell Tongson

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Hip-Hop In The Kenyan Countryside: The Birth Of A Genre

Cyrus Moussavi | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Video, Kenya, Kisumu, Yawa Dance Company, Tupac Shakur, Ndombolo, Raw Music International, Hip-Hop, Lafam, Nyatiti, Home News
Cyrus Moussavi

We conducted "research" at studios, bars and clubs of ill repute, recording three generations of Kenyan music -- from an 83-year-old blind guitar legend to teenage rappers raised on 50 Cent.

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TDE World Domination: Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul Got Next

Jerell Tongson | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath, Groovy Tour, Interscope Records, Feature, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Hip-Hop, Black Hippy, Video, New York News
Jerell Tongson

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R&B Star Cassie Moves Past 'Me & U' With New Single

Pollo Del Mar | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Cassie, Pop Music, Sean Combs, Pharrell Williams, Hip Hop, Danja, Interscope Records, Cassie King of Hearts, San Francisco News
Pollo Del Mar

From her club-friendly roots, Cassie's moved through pop and hip hop, as she struggled to find her musical identity. Here she shares thoughts on the new album, and how -- after an extended time away -- she plans to re-establish herself.

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'All Oyster, No Pearl' For Luis Gispert

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Photography, Conceptual Photography, Luis Gispert Interview, Los Angeles Art Exhibitions, Installation, Luis Gispert, Slidepollajax, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ohwow Gallery, Hip-Hop, Fischli and Weiss, All Oyster No Pearl, Arts News

Luis Gispert is a Cuban American artist working in Brooklyn. His upcoming exhibition "All Oyster, No Pearl" combines elements of photography, sculptur...

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Kosha Dillz Brings Passover Seder To Hip Hop Fest

Rabbi Yonah Bookstein | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mac Miller, Seder, Paid Dues, Kosha Dillz, Hip Hop, Passover, Jewish Music, Sacred Sounds, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein

"This might be the first time in history that anyone ever combined live hip-hop and Passover," said Kosha Dillz. "For me its the only way I can play this amazing festival with family approval."

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19 Laughable Lines From Nicki's Album

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Pop Music, Pink Friday Lyrics, Nicki Minaj Lyrics, Hip Hop, Roman Reloaded Lyrics, Nicki Minaj Roman Reloaded, Roman Reloaded, Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj, Slidepollajax, Nicki Minaj Pink Friday, Entertainment News

Nicki Minaj's latest album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, hits stores in the U.S. on Tuesday. To prepare our readers for the album (which is not gettin...

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