Pharrell Williams sits inside a recording booth in a fur coat and fedora. Documentaries are a great way to learn something new while remaining entertained by the possibly unfamiliar. Take hip-hop, for ...
During Black Music Month, our focus is on celebrating both the generational sounds and the artists who created them, especially those who have passed away. Hip-hop emerged as a testament to resilience ...
Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...
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Hip-Hop Beauty Circa 1973 Reclaims The Culture Black Women Helped Build Debuting at Art Basel, the exhibition from Thembisa S. Mshaka and Ashunta Sheriff centers Black women’s influence on Hip-Hop ...
Before making headlines as Hollywood’s top actors or dominating the radio airwaves, many of our favorite celebrities first made their mark in the world of hip-hop. That’s right — from actors like Mark ...
Despite its radicalization of creating a subculture for Black Americans during a time when social unrest was constant, hip-hop can be a boys’ club. The roots of homophobia and misogyny in hip-hop ...