The Root spoke to Amy DuBois Barnett about her debut novel which explores the good and bad of hip-hop and journalism in the ...

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

John Forté, a Grammy-nominated rapper who rose to fame in the 1990s, has died. He was 50. Forté was found dead on Monday in ...

John Forté, a Grammy-nominated rapper who rose to fame in the 1990s, has died. He was 50. Forté was found dead on Monday in ...

When Reginald Hudlin's musical comedy opened in 1990, it inspired a golden age of Black cinema that included classics from ...

With a successful and enviable career that spans decades, many onlookers, admirers, and aspiring starlets in the media ...

The Hubert Bals Fund has taken "a long-lasting interest in Brazilian cinema … from the success of ‘I'm Still Here' to the outstanding path currently trailed by ‘The Secret Agent'." ...

Rap fans in Kingston are raving about 'I Love Hip Hop', a weekly event that celebrates the depth, beauty, and diversity of hip hop culture. It is held every Thursday at the Jangas Soundbar in New ...

DJ Mike T, a founding member and producer of the pioneering West Coast Hip-Hop group Compton’s Most Wanted, died, according to close friend MC Eiht. Mike T was instrumental in shaping the sound that ...

The drummer half of the influential duo Sly & Robbie, Dunbar, a two-time Grammy winner, helped shape modern reggae for ...

The influential rapper launched his music career in the early 1990s and has collaborated with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.

Sophia Chang moved to New York at 21 and worked with some of the 1990s’ biggest rappers. Now 60, the Korean-Canadian’s aim is to stay strong.