There's something almost absurd about it, if you think too hard. A music genre born in the Bronx in the 1970s, born from poverty and urban frustration, ends up being one of the most powerful tools for ...

Language and the role it plays in shaping identity was a driving theme for writer-director Rich Peppiatt when he embarked on making Kneecap, Ireland's official submission for the International Feature ...

Let’s talk about hip-hop, a music genre that emerged in the United States in the 1970s. Notable for its distinct features, hip-hop is marked by an emphasis on rhythm and bass, alongside the ...

Here’s something new and different. The sounds of Irish hip hop were echoed across the Coachella Valley this weekend, the first weekend of the biggest music concert in the world, as Belfast trio ...

For a certain generation of Black kids — the ones who still remember recording songs off the radio with blank cassette tapes — anime didn’t arrive through old manga volumes or imported VHS tapes. It ...

When director Rich Peppiatt first approached the three members of Kneecap, a Belfast hip-hip trio that raps in the Irish language, they weren’t sure what to make of his completely unsolicited pitch to ...

It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the world, taking ...

Two loves define Radzimir Dębski, aka Jimek - classical music and hip-hop. The Polish composer, conductor and producer has ...

The Gospel Coalition has created at 100-song summer playlist. Musicians around the world are using rap, hip-hop, Afrobeats, Gospel and other forms of music to build more ties between believers in ...