Rap & hip-hop

Hip hop music and culture grew out of the party scene of 1970's South Bronx into a worldwide, billion dollar industry. The genre has not been known for artist longevity and it's …

Friday 28 July 2019: 11 years after Jay Z became the first hip-hop artist to headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, Stormzy finally became the first English rapper to follow …

Jassan har attityd. Virre är mer försiktig. Båda brinner för hiphop och sin grupp Ghetto Girls. Och den här hösten börjar det hända saker; det kommer en ny musiklärare till skolan, …

Black celebrities in America have always walked a precarious line between their perceived status as spokespersons for their race and their own individual success­­--and between …

Throughout Africa, artists use hip-hop both to describe their lives and to create shared spaces for uncensored social commentary, feminist challenges to patriarchy, and resistance …

Jay-Z: King of America is the first in-depth biography to dissect the life and music of the most successful rapper of all time. From crack dealing on the mean streets of New York …

This book fills the gap in existing literature by exploring other forms of political discourses in non-Western rap music. Theoretically, it challenges and explores resistance, …

How do Muslims who grew up after September 11 balance their love for hip-hop with their devotion to Islam? How do they live the piety and modesty called for by their faith while …

Despite its global popularity, rap has received little scholarly attention in terms of its poetic features. Rhymes in the Flow systematically analyzes the poetics (rap beats, …

In a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a year famously described …