Renowned scholar and cultural historian Marcyliena Morgan, founder of Harvard University’s Hip Hop Archive and Research ...

Before Jason Rawls collaborated with some of the most well-known names in hip-hop — Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), Talib Kweli, Pro Era and the Beastie Boys, just to name a few — he was like ...

Dr. Marcy Morgan died September 28 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. The linguistic anthropologist was 75.

Maurice Johnson is a college professor in Tallahassee whose unique teaching style and commitment to education grabbed the attention of faculty and students at Florida A&M University and, more recently ...

Evelyn Nien-Ming Chi’en is always listening. Holding her breath, trying to catch that curious resonance that makes a moment complete. “I was up in the Adirondacks recently, and there was this lake ...

Beyoncé’s 2017 Grammy Awards performance of “Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” may not be the typical start to a class at Georgetown University. But for professor Michael Eric Dyson, pop-cultural emblems ...

Todd Boyd started writing his new book, “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World,” about three years ago, though in many ways, it’s been underway for decades. “I’ve been telling that in many ways, ...

Walk into the Cincinnati Art Museum in the next few months and you’ll be greeted by two gigantic Nike Air Force 1 basketball shoes. The amazing sculptures weigh several hundred pounds each and are ...

Students, scholars and members of the Drexel community gathered at the law school on Sept. 8 for a discussion of Professor Donald F. Tibbs' new book examining the varied but undeniable connections ...

William Moore can recite The Roots’ “How I Got Over” from top to bottom, down to Black Thought’s rhythm and cadence. The only thing he’s missing is Thought’s mean mug and dark shades; he prefers an ...

Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.