Tag: Hip Hop

By Shannon Thomason UAB The Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has inducted University of Alabama at Birmingham University Professor of Music Henry Panion...

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP News LOS ANGELES (AP) — Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic...

MSN News DMX, the gravel-voiced rapper and actor who topped the charts with tracks including "Party Up" and "X Gon’ Give It to Ya," has...

The Birmingham Times Quite naturally, when discussing the pioneering women of hip-hop, the names of DJ Spinderella (Deidre Roper) of Salt-N-Pepa and MC Lyte (Lana...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Coming of age during the growth of hip-hop in the mid-1980s and working at the legendary Def Jam Recordings and...

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A list of winners at the 2019 BET Awards, which aired live Sunday from the Microsoft Theater in Los...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times LaShondra Hemphill, music producer, and artist-in-residence with the Alys Stephens Center, has traveled all over the United States. It was...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times The Ballard House Project will continue its “GATHER for Community Conversations” this week with a forum on Hip Hop and...

BY GWEN DERU TODAY JP COCKTAIL HOUR AT THE ROOF, 7:30 p.m. at the Birmingham Museum of Art. Free FUTUREBIRDS and TYLER RAMSEY at Saturn. DEPARTURE HEAD GAMES,...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Mustafa Ali knows there is a message in music—and movement, too. Ali is a master instructor with the Ensley-based Calligan’s Karate...