AUSTIN (KXAN)— Bryon Chambers was 16 years old when he snuck into a club where the first South by Southwest (SXSW) hip-hop showcase was happening 35 years ago. “That’s a funny story,” Chambers said ...

Hip-hop history is coming home to Wilmington. This spring, hip-hop pioneer and Wilmington native Sharon Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock — she's considered to be the first female rapper — will be honored ...

Michie Mee celebrates getting her own Canada Post stamp alongside Maestro Fresh Wes and Muzion for Black History Month.

New Orleans' own Master P is officially trading in his microphone for the basketball court."I'm telling people, say goodbye to Master P... And say hello to Coach P," said Percy "Master P" ...

As a teen submerged in Vallejo’s 1990s hip hop scene, Andrew Lago was drawn to media and music. Today, he’s a Los Angeles-based radio host. With his online platform KB2G Radio, Lago aka “DL DA Arsun,” ...

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 ...

When everyone finally came together in the studio and the music started happening, Laurie Sargent had to step away for a moment. The idea of memorializing her late partner by mentoring emerging Native ...

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 ; ...

Queens native Lee O'Denat, who founded the popular website WorldStarHipHop.com, has died in San Diego. He was 43. O'Denat was at a local business on Monday when he became unresponsive, according to ...