Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indigenous hip hop is nothing new, and nor does the term constitute a cohesive and culturally predetermined genre of music. But in ...

5 years before its release, the Nigerian music industry lost one of the shining lights in rapper Da Grin, whose smooth westernised delivery, new school swag, and seamless Yoruba fusion announced a new ...

Lincoln Iona Malek Andrew, professionally known as Link City, an indigenous Maori from New Zealand, has defied the odds to create a unique legacy at the intersection of music, business, and culture.

For years, Indigenous hip-hop has produced powerful voices that challenge narratives, preserve culture, and confront difficult truths. Yet many of those voices remain overlooked by mainstream ...

There's something almost absurd about it, if you think too hard. A music genre born in the Bronx in the 1970s, born from poverty and urban frustration, ends up being one of the most powerful tools for ...

Randy Boogie blends his Indigenous roots with hip-hop to create a world all his own. DJ, B-Boy, and artist - Randy Boogie blends his Indigenous roots with hip-hop to create a world all his own.

Richard Turney, AKA Richy Rich, just wants to leave his mark on Indigenous hip hop and hopes his young son will one day take up the mantle. “A lot of rappers rap about nonsense, especially about cars ...

It’s a sunny January afternoon in Juliaca, a city near the banks of Lake Titicaca in the high plains of southern Peru. Thousands of Indigenous Quechuan and Aymara people have gathered in the town’s ...

A fantastic hook can transform a song from good to amazing and rescue an otherwise poor song from disaster. In hip-hop, the chorus is the anchor that grounds the song. While lyrical prowess and ...

Hip-hop is a multi-billion-dollar industry and the world’s most popular music genre. Originating in the South Bronx in the 1970s by African American and Latino communities in response to industrial ...

Some historians say hip-hop culture all started at a party one hot August night in the South Bronx in 1973. DJ Kool Herc plugged his parents’ record gear into a street lamp and began creating what is ...