The co-curators and performers of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual celebration of hip-hop and poetry talk about this year’s theme of “The New Storyteller.” The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ...

"Words For Days Vol. 1" won for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at the 68th annual Grammy Awards. This is the ...

A human rights professor was fired after leading a discussion about the N-word with students, saying the word should be banned from rap music. That’s what the administration at George Washington ...

Rich Homie Quan not only gives out N-word passes to people rapping along to his songs, but he doesn’t even think racism still exists. “It’s almost like cross-over music. I feel good. I don’t really ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It’s one of the most ...

Not long after we completed the second or third Word of South Festival of Literature and Music here in Tallahassee, someone said to me, “So, you’re doing a festival related to words and music, and you ...

What came first, the chicken or the egg? I often ask myself similar questions but with words or rap music. Do I love words because of rap music or rap music because of the words? I’m 44 and no closer ...

Loud, proud, and here — 2020 was a breakthrough year for women in hip-hop, with Megan Thee Stallion’s Grammy win for Best New Artist, Niki Minaj and Doja Cat’s smooth chart topper “Say So,” and Cardi ...

British fans might not have gotten the memo, one that has been confirmed by no less than Eminem… You can’t say the ‘n-word’ in your favorite rap song. Black rap enthusiasts on social media have taken ...

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) annually hosts “Word. Sound. Power., ” a multi-disciplinary amalgamation of hip-hop, spoken word, dancing and theatrics. This year’s series theme, “Word: The New ...