A human rights professor was fired after leading a discussion about the N-word with students, saying the word should be banned from rap music. That’s what the administration at George Washington ...
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) annually hosts “Word. Sound. Power., ” a multi-disciplinary amalgamation of hip-hop, spoken word, dancing and theatrics. This year’s series theme, “Word: The New ...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner may have a point … “The Cosby Show” actor, recently expressed concern about the excessive use of profanity in Hip-Hop, particularly the frequent use of the words “ni**a” and ...
British fans might not have gotten the memo, one that has been confirmed by no less than Eminem… You can’t say the ‘n-word’ in your favorite rap song. Black rap enthusiasts on social media have taken ...
Loud, proud, and here — 2020 was a breakthrough year for women in hip-hop, with Megan Thee Stallion’s Grammy win for Best New Artist, Niki Minaj and Doja Cat’s smooth chart topper “Say So,” and Cardi ...
Who knew that liberal progressives opposed offensive language in songs popular with impressionable young listeners? The leftists seeking to dominate the Democratic Party's policy platform philosophy ...
What came first, the chicken or the egg? I often ask myself similar questions but with words or rap music. Do I love words because of rap music or rap music because of the words? I’m 44 and no closer ...
Thirty-one years ago today, in 1994, Brooklyn-born, Uptown-polished wordsmith OC released his debut album Word…Life on Wild Pitch Records, in what would become one of the quiet but defining statements ...