Before Jason Rawls collaborated with some of the most well-known names in hip-hop — Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), Talib Kweli, Pro Era and the Beastie Boys, just to name a few — he was like ...

Maurice Johnson is a college professor in Tallahassee whose unique teaching style and commitment to education grabbed the attention of faculty and students at Florida A&M University and, more recently ...

Join Alain-Philippe Durand, professor of French and the Dorrance Dean of Humanities at the University of Arizona, for an engaging lecture exploring the world of French hip-hop on Sept. 17.

Students, scholars and members of the Drexel community gathered at the law school on Sept. 8 for a discussion of Professor Donald F. Tibbs' new book examining the varied but undeniable connections ...

Educators are using rap and hip-hop as powerful tools for culturally responsive teaching, engaging students in ways that feel ...

A.D. Carson is inspiring a new generation of musicians and artists of all ages through his music and words and redefining the notion that you need to be number one on the charts to be considered a ...

HipHopWired got to interview Dr. A.D. Carson, the renowned University of Virginia professor and author who is building bridges between Hip-Hop culture and academia. Hip-Hop has always been about ...

Todd Boyd started writing his new book, “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World,” about three years ago, though in many ways, it’s been underway for decades. “I’ve been telling that in many ways, ...

Heather Augustyn will never tell you that Hip Hop isn’t an American-born movement, but if you can’t pick up the Jamaican and Ska influences in it, you’re not listening close enough. For Augustyn, one ...

Walk into the Cincinnati Art Museum in the next few months and you’ll be greeted by two gigantic Nike Air Force 1 basketball shoes. The amazing sculptures weigh several hundred pounds each and are ...