Hip-hop has always had a complicated relationship with luxury. For a culture born from creativity, ambition, and self-made success, jewelry became more than an accessory; it became a symbol. From the ...

The Sole Lab Hip Hop Festival returned to the Main Library at Goodwood following a rain out earlier in the year to celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop. Hosted by Mark Dub and DJ Sole Lab, local performers ...

When a band takes the stage, it's usually in one of three manners: a) they begin rocking and try to glue your face to the back of your skull as quickly as possible; b) they say something akin to ...

Installation view of Tahir Hemphill: Rap Research Lab at the Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (all images courtesy the artist, photos by Tedd Henn) ...

Throughout hip-hop’s long history, jewelry has served as an important vehicle for artists to convey their ideas and affluence, or simply to dazzle onlookers. Diamonds, in particular, serve as an ...

The Theatre & Dance Department is proud to house CU Boulder’s interdisciplinary certificate in Hip-Hop Studies. This consolidated certificate program for matriculated undergraduate and graduate ...

People of Crypto Lab (POClab), a Web3 creative studio, has announced a virtual experience dubbed Cultureverse, in partnership with Walmart, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop and celebrate ...

The solo exhibition by artist, educator and creative technologist Tahir Hemphill is on display through this week at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Center for Art, Design and Visual ...

Though many of the traditional obstacles of the music industry have been conquered by the internet and the rise of streaming, it’s still a daunting task for a new artist to be heard and navigate the ...

No one told Pierce Freelon that the chancellor would be here. But early on a Friday evening, UNC-Chapel Hill’s newest leader, Carol Folt, walks into the opening reception of the Chapel Hill Community ...

Omaha Performing Arts (O-pa) is joining the conversation about hip-hop's legacy. A camp for middle and high school students is centered around the history and the three core values the genre is based ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — When you step into the gallery at University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Fine Arts Building, one of the first things you see is a large multicolored graph on the wall. On it are ...