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Ryan Coogler on What ‘Sinners’ Says About Hip-Hop and Exploitation
The acclaimed writer-director and ‘Sinners’ choreographer Aakomon Jones looked beyond vampires and the blues to make the most ...
Review: BOOM CRACK! Dance’s ‘Bruta’ finds the potent potential of hip hop
This company’s full-length productions are few and far between. “Bruta” feels special, but Edge Theater is perhaps a ...
Eminem Wins Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist at 2025 American Music Awards: ‘Thank You to the Fans'
Eminem has won favorite male hip-hop artist at the 2025 American Music Awards. Twenty-two years after taking home his first ...
Yes, the first day of the Roots Picnic turned into a big mess. But how was the music?
The Roots Picnic had a rough day on Saturday, with the rain-soaked start of the weekend-long Fairmount Park festival marred ...
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'Latin Hip Hop as the New Poetry': Spoken word, dance to blend at library
Marion Carnegie Library will host a presentation exploring the connections of spoken word and hip hop on Make Music Marion ...
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Rico Nasty, Samara Cyn, and Sexyy Red. With summer inching closer, rap and hip-hop are back outside — so to speak. New York ...
Review: Ayodele Casel Links Tap to Her Hip-Hop Beginnings
The tap choreographer and dancer returns to the Joyce Theater with “The Remix,” a glorious gathering of artists, sound and ...
Let us own our music! Historic hip-hop group battling record label for rights to catalog.
Renowned hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November. Before then, they are ...