There are 4 article(s) tagged hip-hop:

• February 2023

  • County leaders consider potential hip-hop museum

    The museum project is still in early stages, but County Commissioners have already provided feedback. 

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2023

• June 2021

  • June playlist: Black Music Month

    Elizabeth Cawein: When we look even more broadly at the culture of our city, in many cases the things we’re most proud of are borrowed from Black culture.

    By Elizabeth Cawein June 28, 2021

• October 2020

  • Boyd: Memphis hip-hop is Halloween’s soundtrack

    While the rest of the world bobs for apples, fans of hardcore Memphis rap bob their heads to a collection of artists in the 1990s who built a repertoire around slasher film samples, cartoonish descriptions of grotesque violence and occult imagery. 

    By Jared Boyd October 30, 2020

• May 2020

  • Tori’s Story: LGBTQ rapper reclaims her identities

    She may not be the world's best rapper, says Tori WhoDat, but she tries to be "true and honest, letting everything I do be led with love and showing respect.”

    By Jared Boyd May 27, 2020