Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create something deeper. 24-year-old Alonzo Henderson is doing something you don't ...

Members from the United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC) in Tanzania, a costal nation in East Africa, presented in the EMU Monday their vision of how conscious hip-hop not only informs people ...

In today’s hip-hop landscape, much of the music revolves around quick fame, lifestyle and surface-level themes. But artists like Rocksun are carving a different path — one that brings deeper meaning ...

This one’s for the hip-hop aficionados. Brother Ali is one of the sharpest, most distinctive and most eminent voices of 21st century conscious rap. DJ Abilities is a tasteful and skilled ...

While Kweli has no problem sticking up for what he believes in, he balks at being pigeonholed in the “conscious rap” genre. It’s not that he wants to align himself with the misogyny or homophobia that ...

Revolutionaries M-1 and Stic.man celebrate dead prez’s 25th milestone in Brooklyn, highlighting their impact on socially conscious Hip-Hop. Dead prez, the iconic revolutionary rap collective, will ...

The evolution of Brazilian baile funk music parallels that of American hip-hop. It’s an urban grassroots musical movement that emerged in the 1980s with in low-income, violence-ridden communities ...

The term "conscious rapper" is a vague, umbrella term for rappers who don't glorify packing guns, selling drugs, or degrading women. Instead, a conscious rapper is supposed to rap about social issues, ...

Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create something deeper. 24-year-old Alonzo Henderson is doing something you don't ...