Do you have what it takes to be in the L? Are you athletic like Isiah Thomas? Effective like Gary Payton? Legendary like Larry Bird? Even more importantly, can you flow? The members of Ann Arbor’s ...

We've got a birthday to celebrate: Hip-hop is turning 50 this summer. Even though the roots of the genre can be geographically traced back to the Bronx, hip-hop music and culture has undoubtedly ...

In this edition of Mic Dispatch, we explore how hip-hop artists are jumping into the novel world of cryptocurrencies. From Nas being an early investor in Coinbase, the successful cryptocurrency ...

The mic is the backbone of hip-hop. As the 2024 presidential election approaches, BET launches its Turn My Mic All The Way Up campaign, leading up to the highly anticipated 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards on ...

Portland is known for many things: Hip-hop is not one of them. But once a month, a collection of music lovers converge on Mic Check, a showcase that features some of the best Portland hip-hop acts.

BET has revealed that the final installment of DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic will air following the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Since it was established, the special has produced 10 episodes, featuring 220 ...

For the past five years, Master of the Mic has been one of the most important events in the local music scene. The hip-hop competition, which crowns the best rapper in North Texas, is a crucial ...

Hip hop is one of the strongest genres in the Mankato music scene. But why? Beginning as an underground movement during the '70s in the Bronx, it's a genre that has infiltrated pop culture in fashion, ...

BboyB, Mic Shane, and Raymond O'Neal pictured on the FlyPaper staff page from a 1994 double issue Credit: Scanned by Leor Galil Raymond O’Neal doesn’t remember where he was the first time he heard the ...

After a quick break, Swizz Beatz appeared onscreen to pay homage to the late DMX with a spirited performance of “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem,” before being joined by The LOX’s Sheek Louch for the chaotic ...

As Black History Month comes to a close, the 2022 NAACP Image Awards cap off a month celebrating black contributions to society. After the ceremony on Saturday, February 26, the celebrating will ...

The situation in Palestinian territories hasn't been stable for over 50 years. For the past decade-and-a-half that Israeli-Arab Tamer Nafar has been rapping, he's witnessed violence, discrimination ...