‘Planet Hip Hop’: The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says

‘Planet Hip Hop:’ The evolution of Korean rap

‘Planet Hip Hop’: Senegalese rappers push for social and political change

Mahraganat artists in Egypt are defining hip-hop culture, despite government crackdowns

Planet Hip Hop: How French rappers continue to raise their voices for justice and identity

Hip-hop artists in India call out caste discrimination 

K-pop and Chinese hip-hop artists grapple with their responses to BLM 

This Mexican American immigrant wants the US to win gold in the 2024 Olympics — for breakdancing

Russia’s rap scene: No place for politics

The legacy of Stan Lee: ‘Marvel let us dream’

Behind the Harlem sound of ‘Luke Cage’

Public Enemy’s ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ turns 30

Bangladeshi rappers wield rhymes as a weapon, with Tupac as their guide

Nostalgilator

Guru on Repetition

Basement Bhangra

Gangsters Meet Hip-Hop

Hip Hop’s Battles

Basement Bhangra

Gospel Go-Go

Raperos Delight

Gospel Go-Go

Hip-Hop Crosses Over

Hip Hop’s Battles

K’naan

Talib Kweli

WEB EXCLUSIVE: “Country Cousins”

Bonus Track: “Workin It”

Del the Funky Homosapien

Talib Kweli

Homo Hop

Bonus Track: “Gay Bash”

The Ultimate Mixtape

Sideshow Podcast: 40 Ounces of Trouble: Mike D Sets the Record Straight

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Sideshow Podcast: The Best of 2014’s Internet

21st Century Hip Hop’s 15th Century Look

2015 Will Be Hip-Hop’s Best Year

The Golden Age of Rap Captured on Film

Mixtapes Still Work Without the Music

2015 Will Be Hip-Hop’s Best Year

Drake Makes a Mixtape for Sotheby’s

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

They Slay: Five Queer Rappers You Should Know

Beatboxer Christylez Bacon takes globalization seriously

Macklemore quoted me on ‘White Privilege II.’ That song showed me what an unruly mess we’re in.

Outside of class, this Afghan teen rapper travels the world to end child marriage

He traveled to Congo to teach hip hop and ended up giving a beat-making class on US race relations

For hip-hop artist Omar Offendum, apathy toward Syria is not an option

This Nicaraguan woman answers sexism with spraypaint

Rap legend Nas hunts for hip-hop culture across the globe

For this hip-hop artist, black lives do matter — and it’s time to take a stand

Meet the Dancehall Queens of Brooklyn

How a US aid agency hoped hip-hop might fuel a Cuban revolution

Awkwafina is changing hip-hop one vulgar, hilarious lyric at a time

Liberia’s hottest hip-hop station has all the latest Ebola music and news

This Afro-Latino hip hop duo takes a hard look at the sueño americano

Dan Charnas on the history of hip hop as a business

Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot watches WikiLeaks saga

Versatile Lebanese Hip-Hop duo Ashekman Build an Empire through Hard Work