This is why many narratives about left-of-center LA hip-hop are rife with reductive stereotypes. In these retellings, the underground begins with open mic nights at the Good Life, a long-defunct ...

But in a country where Black people are often looked at with suspicion by authority, there have also been plenty of stereotypes about hip-hop and criminality. As hip-hop spread over the years ...

But in a country where Black people are often looked at with suspicion by authority, there have also been plenty of stereotypes about hip-hop and criminality. As hip-hop spread, a host of voices ...

Rapsody may not be a household name, but she's rapped with many hip hop greats who are. She's gone toe-to-toe with Public Enemy, Busta Rhymes, Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane, and provided a top ...

But I assume the awkwardness in conversations about work is related to stereotypes of hip-hop culture. Among many, one of those assumptions is that hip-hop is only made for and by young people.

At a time when the culture of hip-hop for women had become hypersexualized, Rapsody stepped in to change that narrative. Her music has challenged stereotypes by presenting a balanced and ...

Many writers and thinkers see a kind of informed political engagement, even a revolutionary potential, in rap and hip-hop. They couldn’t be more wrong. By reinforcing the stereotypes that long ...

He was going against all the stereotypes and just trying to raise the consciousness.” As New Orleans hip-hop exploded in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Juvenile — alongside Cash Money ...