From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

What do Team USA and rappers have in common? They need a hype man, a person who champions the main talent through their vibrancy. Flavor Flav, hype man extraordinaire, is doing what he does best at ...

Back in May 2003, Denver believed it had made the bling-bling bigtime when Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, stood beside then-mayor Wellington Webb and promised to bring his Hip-Hop ...

'90s Ultimate Hip Hop 'Hype Man' Just Joined Iconic Boy Band on Stage in Vegas - and Fans Are Losing Their Minds originally appeared on Parade. When Flavor Flav stepped onto the Las Vegas stage with ...

The Wilbury Theatre Group makes two claims in its latest play “Hype Man”: Hip-hop — invigorating, stark testimonial — transcends borders. Its unifying power is coupled with centrifugal forces of race, ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

Judson L. Jeffries is Professor of African American and African studies at Ohio State University and a regular contributor to the Columbus Dispatch. For reasons unknown to me, my 14-year-old son is ...

For three decades, the sound of a rap battle has been defined by a digital button. You know the sound. It’s the "reggae horn"—that ...

Nick is a writer who works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has previously written for Indiewire, The Playlist, and Little White Lies. Belly, the lone feature filmmaking credit of legendary ...