Lord Sear, a longtime fixture in Hip-Hop culture, worked as a DJ and hosted a radio show on Eminem's Shade45 SiriusXM channel.
Sideshow's usual bleak street tales are supplanted by buoyant production and moments of stark clarify throughout TIGRAY FUNK.
Bob Power, a longtime recording engineer who worked with major Hip-Hop acts such as A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angelo, and more.
Throughout the years, many rappers have identified as Muslim while navigating the balance between music and faith. During Ramadan, rapper Goldmouf spoke with Hip-Hop Wired about how Islam shapes both his life and career. The Georgia rapper has been making music for most of his life, but he is also a practicing Muslim who takes […]
Gene Simmons of KISS fame said in a recent podcast that Hip-Hop doesn't belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
By now, the phrase “Hip-Hop changed my life” is a well-worn cliché, but that won’t stop me from saying it. I’m from the small Central Illinois town of Decatur. My hometown is one of the sites where the war on drugs and many of its battles took place. In 2018, Decatur was listed at number […]
So who’s got the best rap album of the year? Rap music is something many of us grew up with, even before we fully understood it. It plays in the background of family gatherings, car rides, school mornings, and late nights with friends. Over time, it becomes more than just music – it becomes a […]
The last time Hip-Hop wasn't in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 1990, marking a significant change
I was targeted by Charlie Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, because I make rap music. Before I was appointed professor of Hip-Hop in 2017, I wrote an album called Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes & Revolutions to earn a Ph.D. Of course, this was a big deal to me, earning a doctorate by […]
Hip-Hop Wired examines the life and legacy of Philadelphia-born, Atlanta-based Hip-Hop icon, Andre "Dres Tha Beatnik" Lett.
MIKE continues to shift and bend his verses to fit the keyboard-heavy production of Tony Seltzer to great effect.
April’s looking like a hot month in music, and Hip-Hop Wired’s got the lowdown on the artists you gotta have on your radar right now.