AUSTIN (KXAN)— Bryon Chambers was 16 years old when he snuck into a club where the first South by Southwest (SXSW) hip-hop showcase was happening 35 years ago. “That’s a funny story,” Chambers said ...

Hip-hop history is coming home to Wilmington. This spring, hip-hop pioneer and Wilmington native Sharon Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock — she's considered to be the first female rapper — will be honored ...

Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short. Although they produced and performed at a concert called “First Beats: Indigenous ...

When everyone finally came together in the studio and the music started happening, Laurie Sargent had to step away for a moment. The idea of memorializing her late partner by mentoring emerging Native ...

New Orleans' own Master P is officially trading in his microphone for the basketball court."I'm telling people, say goodbye to Master P... And say hello to Coach P," said Percy "Master P" ...

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...

Queens native Lee O'Denat, who founded the popular website WorldStarHipHop.com, has died in San Diego. He was 43. O'Denat was at a local business on Monday when he became unresponsive, according to ...