Today sees the release of the sprawling Orlando’s Own Hip-Hop Compilation, a locals-only digital mixtape conceptualized and curated by restless local DJ and musician Dizzlephunk. The timing is ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. It’s taken a year to arrange, record and release, but “Classic City Wax: Vol. 1,” ...

Tommy Boy Music, the renowned independent hip-hop and electronic label, is gearing up to release a special compilation album titled …And You Don’t Stop: A Celebration of 50 Years of Hip Hop on Aug. 11 ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. A snapshot of Athens’ hip-hop community now lives within the grooves of ...

AEW officially announced the release of their upcoming Hip Hop compilation album, Who We Are: A Celebration of Excellence, Vol. 1. The album will be released on February 18th, sold exclusively through ...

Hip-hop label Upset Records is celebrating the state’s new unofficial pastime with the release of Colorado Smoke. The compilation is due out April 15th with an in store at Angelo’s downtown. Recorded ...

To The Fallen Records, a new veteran owned record label recently launched, with the purpose of showcasing recordings by military artists stationed all over the world. The first release from the label ...

A couple weeks ago Playboy became the latest national media outlet to cover Chicago hip-hop with an in-depth story, though like the recent “docs” from World Star and Noisey the feature is mostly ...

Sampler albums have been a hip-hop staple since the genre's inception, and their diversity is illustrated nicely by three recent albums: Hip Hop 101, No More Prisons, and World Wrestling Federation: ...

Music legends MC Lyte, Chuck D and Questlove of The Roots are among celebrities who’ve teamed with the Smithsonian on a forthcoming rap and hip-hop anthology that’s being touted as a “powerful ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has announced that it has partnered with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to produce the Smithsonian Anthology of ...