Today, entertainment is political. Despite this trend, however, political conviction continues to elicit resolute objection: people continue to dislike the invasive nature of today’s politics, and ...

View the full episode transcript. Equipto (born Ilyich Sato) is a hip-hop cultural cornerstone and well-known activist who reps San Francisco to the fullest. He’s been making music since the 90s, when ...

Monday found Killer Mike penning a moving op-ed on Martin Luther King Jr.’s revolutionary legacy for OkayPlayer.com. Anyone who is a fan of Killer Mike knows he’s not shy to take a political stance.

A documentary about the rise, fall, and redemption of former rap star-turned-politician Shyne is headed to Hulu. On Tuesday (Oct. 22), a trailer for the project titled The Honorable Shyne was unveiled ...

“These artists weren’t just entertainers—they were educators, cultural critics, and community historians.” — Dr. Reiland Rabaka In Part 2 of our Hip Hop Studies series, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores the ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President in January 2017, many predicted that mainstream music would spend 2017 lyrically criticizing him, his words, his actions, and his planned policies. Hip ...

The West Coast rapper appeared on the Fox Business program Mornings with Maria on May 13 to discuss politics and his Big3 league. Ice Cube is selling his first basketball franchise to DCB Sports in a ...

Jeezy, Common, Chika, and more discuss the entwined histories of rap and politics in the new trailer for Hip-Hop and the White House, an upcoming documentary premiering April 22 on Hulu. Directed by ...

OPINION: Today’s hip-hop lacks the political spine the genre once had. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.

Does the exact same group of people come to every single show at Southpaw? At Friday night’s Coup show, the only only visible evidence that this was a rap crowd came from the huge number of people ...

As the Presidential primaries draw to a close, we'd like to take a moment to reflect. 2016's political field is loaded with candidates who want to gut or further destabilize a lot of the good things ...

Tim Parks on the pitfalls of the politically engaged writer: “Does someone want to silence us? Are we at war? Nothing is more exhilarating for a writer than to feel ...