“I am a writer who’s come of age in the hip-hop era," says Nate Marshall, “and because of that, I fundamentally think of writing as an opportunity to represent yourself, and your people, and your ...

On this day, May 23, in hip-hop history... Where Eminem really showed creative growth on this album is that while most of his lyrics do hold colossal meaning, he also introduced a more matured and ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Eminem released The Marshall Mathers LP, his third studio album and the most successful of his career. Executive produced by Dr. Dre and released under ...

Award-winning poet, rapper, educator and activist Nate Marshall will bring his unique form of hip-hop poetry to engage audiences at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, at Oakton's Footlik Theater, 1600 E.

When Eminem described himself as the “It’s the return of the ‘Oh wait, no way, your kidding/He didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?'” on “The Real Slim Shady,” the lead single from his ...

As the 50th year of hip-hop comes to a close, the AFRO salutes the pioneers of hip-hop and those who have sustained the genre for 50 years and those who carry it into the future. Started on Aug. 11, ...

Marshall Mathers III is, arguably, the greatest American wordsmith of the 20th century. He is easily the greatest of the first 15 years of the new millennium. He bends words to rhyme with each other ...

Marshall Hugh had been watching the livestreams as the Seattle protests developed after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd. The rapper and leader of local hip-hop fusionists Marshall Law Band ...

On this day, Nov. 5, in hip-hop history... 13 years after the sophomore masterpiece, Em attempted to make lightning strike twice. With production courtesy of Rick Rubin, Luis Resto, Emile Haynie, and ...