Storytelling remains a cornerstone of hip-hop, offering artists a way to connect with audiences through vivid narratives and powerful themes. Hip-hop is more than beats and rhymes; it is a platform ...

Sampling in hip-hop has been going on since the genre’s inception, but in 2023, it’s been more prevalent than ever. If everything sounds familiar, it’s because it definitely is. Words: Grant Rindner ...

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...