I still believe Oakland native La Toya London should have won "American Idol," but because I didn't vote for her, I can't complain. At first, I was tempted to agree with Elton John, who called the ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - An explosive new hip-hop musical is bringing history to life in South Florida. “Henry Box Brown” is looking to make a big impression in Miami. The hip-hop musical tells the inspiring ...

(ViacomCBS) - Showtime documentary You're Watching Video Music Box chronicles the evolution of founder Ralph McDaniel's life and career and the atomic impact his show Video Music Box made on American ...

Before Hip-Hop went corporate, it was raw, risky and real. Ralph McDaniels opens up about shootouts, unseen Jay-Z moments, Young Diddy and why Video Music Box survived it all.

Ralph McDaniels popularized the shout-out. His show Video Music Box debuted in 1983 on the New York television station WNYC-TV and airs to this day on WNYE-TV, making it the longest-running music ...

When paradigms shift or trends mutate, it’s hard to notice, because such changes are usually gradual accretions of stylistic transformation, rather than cataclysmic upheavals. But when you finally ...

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 ...

Killer Mike’s moniker is certainly suggestive of aggressive activity, but in the Atlanta rapper’s opinion, Hip-Hop artists have isolated themselves from each other in a way that stagnates diversity.

For decades, hip-hop was snubbed by folks who refused to consider it high art; now curators are clamoring to tell its stories. In 2021, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston showcased DJ Screw’s legendary ...

The Smithsonian announced a Kickstarter page on Tuesday to raise funds for the nine-CD Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap. The compilation is a joint project between Smithsonian Folkways ...

The crowd at the Black Box was popping. People waited noisily in the gallery and then, when the doors opened, they filled every seat in the house -- and still, some remained standing in the aisles.