The first live rap show I ever rocked was back in 2007, at Halloween party in South Central Los Angeles. It was a family party, and that night the house was packed full of drunken Chicanos. One of the ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Nothing shows off hip-hop’s ability to change and adapt, to be reinvented again and again, more than the different sounds that have come out over the decades as it spread around the ...

*She’s no Cardi B, but in a delightful twist that has viewers buzzing, “Beyond the Gates” served up an unexpected treat with Anita Dupree dropping bars in a freestyle rap session, err, lesson, ...

Next Lounge is hopping the fright game, so grab some Night Train, release your snake brain, and make for the dope lane around Professa Dank’s fame. Well, it’s clumsy, but since our rap lessons come ...

The Hip-Hop Chess Federation is a San Francisco-area group that uses rap and chess to teach kids life lessons about strategy, discipline and creativity. This weekend, the organization hosts its first ...

Tech investor and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz joined Marcyliena Morgan, founder and director of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, on April 6 to discuss the hip-hop world’s influences on business and ...

More dance lessons are being offered at Amanda’s Academy of Dance, 329 Division St. On Mondays, beginning April 20, they are offering adult hip-hop lessons from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is $9 per class or ...