As the world marks Fela Kuti's 87th posthumous birthday this week, Okayplayer and OkayAfrica celebrate the legendary musician ...

Bill Roth was just 27 years old when he first suited up as Hip-Hop, performing gravity-defying stunts in front of sold-out ...

What if 50 Cent had decided to make rock music? Nowadays, anyone can transform their favorite songs using just a computer and ...

The Philadelphia 76ers announce they will bring back their beloved mascot Hip Hop as part of their Hardwood Classic nights.

Documentaries on comedian John Candy and pop artist-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham as well as a “Family Guy” Halloween special are some of the new television, films, music and games headed ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence. They told a judge Monday that ...

Since the May 16 tornado, FEMA said it has distributed more than $47 million dollars to homeowners and renters in Missouri. With such extensive damage, many musicians in St. Louis have taken the ...

Joey Valence & Brae don’t care how old you are—they just want you to dance. “A lot of the songs on this new album are about Joey and me going out and being the only people dancing and having a good ...

On Saturday, September 6, The Soapbox Presents: Stoop Sessions, The Mixtape, The Hip-Hop Edition transformed the stoops and sidewalks of Brooklyn into a live celebration of Hip-Hop culture. Presented ...

After wrapping the last century on a high note that only Mariah Carey’s vocal cords could challenge, R&B and hip-hop’s contributions to the musical canon swelled in the first 25 years of the 21st ...

Hip-hop is a cultural movement: A synthesis of cumulative Black artistic expression, urban hardship and resiliency born out of marginalization. Out of block parties in The Bronx, New York, in the ...

Memphis rap star GloRilla continues to collect awards and industry honors. In a year that has already seen her nominated for a pair of Grammys and win a BET award, “Big Glo” is now being honored by ...