While driving recently, a long-forgotten song came on the radio. I found myself singing along; not only did I know all the ...

The renowned music engineer and producer who passed away on March 1 was a force behind numerous hip-hop and R&B cuts.

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A Tribe Called Quest had the vision for “The Low End Theory.” The engineer Bob Power helped piece it together.

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A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture, Fab 5 Freddy recounts how graffiti, rap music, and break dancing came ...

On International Mother Language Day, we look at how rap and hip-hop artists are mixing languages and spreading a vernacular that captures the contemporary Francophone world: multi-ethnic, ...

Wang believes originality means writing from life experience: the textures of local neighborhoods, and the ups and downs of ...

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Most people would never put Shakespeare and Kendrick Lamar in the same sentence. One composed sonnets for the Elizabethan ...