The Rink, in Bergenfield, may not be the mean streets of L.A., or a burnt-out block in the Bronx. But here, too, hip-hop happened. "It was just a general rink, a skating rink, but everybody wanted to ...

Chika Takai moved from Tokyo to Atlanta as a student, later becoming a dancer and DJ for the Atlanta Hawks. When Megan Thee Stallion’s viral 2024 hit “Mamushi” was released, listeners were surprised ...

Daisha McBride, a young rapper in Nashville, wants to stay in her city. Every few years, a fresh article is published about Nashville’s rising or burgeoning hip-hop scene — but what does it mean if a ...

It’s 8:30 p.m. at The Dive Motel, and Brian Brown just got off the stage. Brown cuts a slight figure, swallowed up by a denim Planet Hollywood jacket that might be about as old as he is. We’re at ...

For most of its quarter century, hip-hop has treated Southern rappers like its country cousins. Miami’s Luther “Luke” Campbell? “Yeah, he makes good, bouncy strip-club music,” those in hip-hop’s ...

Hip-hop reached the pinnacle of American pop culture many years ago, but if there was any doubt, February's epic Super Bowl halftime show removed it. The biggest old-school stars of the genre — Dr.

Tama L. Brisbane is Stockton’s Poet Laureate Emerita and a literary and performing arts consultant. I watched a new era in Stockton’s hip-hop scene come of age. Moving to the Central Valley city in ...

This is one story from a three-part package on the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, offering a snapshot of the past, present and future of the Charleston hip-hop scene. As hip-hop celebrates 50 years of ...

At Chattanooga Hip-Hop Week and Hip-Hop Summit, the city's hip-hop community is coming together for a week of events to celebrate the dynamic cultural movement and some of what it's influenced in the ...

SoundCloud’s 2026 Music Intelligence Report highlights the platform’s role in driving hip-hop’s evolution through scene-led growth and playlist-driven discovery. Emerging genres like UK underground ...