The ecosystem of a sustainable and exclusively black-owned community certainly isn't a new concept in the United States.

No Label discusses how they're promoting hip-hop culture on Harvard's campus. The year 2019 is an era where Hip-Hop has since graduated from a microphone for the marginalized and has transformed into a cornerstone of popular culture, swaying social trends

Maintaining any level of mystery in 2019 is a hard feat to conquer. For that, we can thank the ubiquity of social media and a growing need from society for transparency, especially as it relates to our favorite artists.

“If you know yo’ mama in the building, cause my mama in the building, can I get a ‘Mama!’?”. Quavo commands, taking his place on the hardwood alongside Offset and Takeoff as they launch into their third song in a post-game performance. The spotlight, both literally and figuratively, is settled on a certain trio from the North (read: Nawf) side right now.

The last three years have proven to birth quality talent in the evolving realm of Rhythm & Blues. The genre has experienced an interesting course of trends, going from a gray area with an increasing Hip-Hop influence (or is it vice versa?) to a rapid restoration of the sonic distinctiveness that paints the category.

“All this fame is overwhelming for me and I get anxiety sometimes.”.

In an increasingly experimental musical landscape, here are the R&B efforts that stood out this year. No more than five years ago, R&B was suffering an identity crisis. The emergence of Hip-Pop and R&Bass hybrid genres were responsible for a number of radio-friendly club bangers composed by mainstream artists, but any sign of emotive products was severely lacking.

Red Bull Culture Clash is only a few hours away and returning champion Popcaan has just announced he will not be joining his crew Unruly.

Atlanta is what’s popping right now, and as debated as the notion may be, it’s steadily becoming a fact.

On the second day of Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival, the youth reigned supreme.

If you need proof that real love still exists, go to a Charlie Wilson concert.

This morning [March 23, 2016], the news broke of A Tribe Called Quest‘s Phife Dawg passing away at the age of 45, leaving behind the world in which his lyrics would indefinitely change the realm of Hip Hop both sonically and culturally. Phife (born Malik Taylor) co-founded A Tribe Called Quest in 1985 along with Q–Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and former member Jarobi White, and went on to create some of the genre’s most legendary sounds to date.