Hip-hop is, in part, a response to this history. At its best, hip-hop documents American life more reliably than American history. Some academic publishers have started to embrace this reality.

"Our intention was to show how much we loved the category of old school hip hop because it greatly influences our music," said Julie, Natty, Belle and Haneul Jack Irvin has over five years of ...

who worked at the school from 2000–2001. In 2009, he wrote "Foundation: B-boys, B-girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York." And in 2014 he wrote "Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop." ...

On Thursday, the group’s agency S2 Entertainment released a statement apologizing for the video where they highlighted old-school hip-hop. They may have meant no harm, but people felt another ...

Preeti Birla Nair, founder and artistic director of Mumbai Playbackers, explained, “We work with a unique improvised theatre ...