In the late 1980s NWA faced boycotts, censorship, and FBI threats. In 2015 their biopic became the nation’s number one film.
Use this time to put the finishing touches on your web site analysis.
This assignment focuses on the public personas of Shawn Carter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
Though invisible in Straight Outta Compton, Dee Barnes remains an important part of hip-hop’s history.
One of the things this film is about: the proper role(s) for women within commercial hip hop’s gangster cinema and gangster rap.
Using the knowledge that you gained this week, you will choose and implement a WordPress theme
Lamar has been labeled hip hop’s newest “messiah,” but he has also drawn fire for seeming to say that Black people shared the blame for…
In ways different and similar, two artists have made their mark in 21st-century commercial rap music.
While Beyond the Lights sets up an opposition between rap and R&B, a recent collaboration suggests kinship and solidarity.
An interview and a book review offer some perspectives on Between the World and Me.
From 2012, a reminder that hip hop means far more than just commercial rap music.