The legendary producer broke down how streaming, aging artists, and multi-generational audiences have reshaped hip-hop while weighing in on Drake's continued dominance.

In the summer of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she ...

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This week’s issue of Gambit is dedicated to hip-hop — and New Orleans’ unique, pivotal influence on its history as the world-changing culture celebrates its 50th birthday. When DJ Kool Herc set up his ...

“It’s bigger than black and white, it’s a problem with the whole way of life.” The track veers into new thematic territory for Baby – he’s not comfortably rapping about how fast his Trackhawk Jeep ...

As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, it is time to reexamine the ways in which lyrics are used in legal proceedings by examining the bias held for the art form. While the birth of hip hop ...

Big Daddy Kane has gone viral for all the wrong reasons, but Hip-Hop has a way of checking and correcting offenders. Chris ...

One of my most heartwarming memories from elementary school was the day my gym teacher tossed the planned activities, turned on some hip-hop music and just let us dance. I smile thinking of us all ...

African American History Month is an appropriate time to raise the question of the relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and the evolution of Hip-Hop culture and activism. Of course, I am ...