In a world recently dominated by pop music and mainstream radio sensations, the prevalence of hip hop in today’s society seems to be less evident. The Student Hip Hop Organization, which first began ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...

Harlem, New York, is a breeding ground for some of the finest lyricists the hip-hop world has ever seen. Among those artists is the enigmatic Knowledge the Pirate, whose vintage sound is modernizing ...

“If there’s no resistance, then chances are you aren’t fighting the right fight,” Dee-1 tells The Harvard Crimson. David Augustine, better known by his stage name Dee-1, is the 2022-2023 Nasir Jones ...

A look at hip-hop’s transformative impact in honor of its 50th anniversary. Hip-hop was once narrowly thought of as a trend in music that would ultimately fizzle out. Now, at its 50th anniversary, hip ...

Women have always been a part of hip-hop history — from the culture's B-girl days to its birth in the Bronx, NY, to today's era that sees femcees putting rap on their backs. The culture doesn't move ...

Hip-hop has always been more than music. It’s a lens through which the complexities of American life are explored and understood. It’s a mirror that reminds America of who it truly is. Growing up, hip ...

This year, the world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, one of the most significant cultural movements of the 20th century. Although there’s no exact date for the birth of hip-hop — and ...