By Dr. Alveda King — As we remember the 61st anniversary of the iconic I Have a Dream speech, I am grateful for the powerful legacy left by my uncle,…
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The once-upon-a-time defense of the poetics of rap has been ceded to the millennial mind of Genius.com, taking every syllable as ripe for mundane exegesis. By Lauren Michele Jackson, The…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — Now that the Bob Marley biopic One Love has hit the big screen, there’s one question that I have been asked more than any other over the…
After last year’s “Hip-Hop 50” celebrations omitted much of the genre’s activist history, some lifelong fans say rap no longer feels revolutionary. By Timmhotep Aku, Andre Gee, Rolling Stone —…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA — Clarence Avant, a music business icon and mentor to many, has died at 92 years old. Avant was called “The Godfather” by many because…
Once considered a novelty in school, hip-hop has spawned an array of educational programs and initiatives that are reshaping the way educators teach and how students learn. By Toby Jenkins,…
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, a scholar of the culture and its musical genres explores the meaning of the word ‘dope.’ By A.D….
This is Black Music Month and we share again these sensitivities, thoughts and practice of Blackness as music and magic at the highest and deepest level. By Dr. Maulana Karenga…
By teleSUR — The bolero as a musical genre was born in the city of Santiago de Cuba in 1883 and spread throughout the entire country, becoming an elegant poetic-musical…
By Tyina Steptoe — The sound of Public Enemy’s 1989 song “Fight the Power” blared as face-masked protesters in Washington, D.C. broke into a spontaneous rendition of the electric slide dance near the White House. It was the morning of June 14, and an Instagram user captured the moment, commenting: “If Trump is in the White House this morning he’s being woken up by … a Public Enemy dance party.” View…
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