Ferguson

PEACE from Chicago to STL. @Common #FergusonIsEverywhere A video posted by @westindianroots on Aug 9, 2015 at 11:05pm PDT Yesterday (Aug. 9) marked the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Mo. In honor of the late teen slain by Officer Darren Wilson, Talib Kweli hosted a benefit concert called "Ferguson Is Everywhere" at Fubar in St...

Killer Mike and El-P, the duo who have been crushing it lately as the politically-charged and socially active Run The Jewels, have been at the forefront in terms of rappers speaking about the civil unrest that has plagued the U.S. in the past few years, very particularly last summer when the protests in Ferguson, Missouri erupted after police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Black teenager Mi

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Talib Kweli is nothing if not committed. Where other rappers and celebrities might pay a social cause lip service, the Brooklyn rapper has the follow through that fans and followers admire. His involvement in the ongoing protests in and related to the killing of Michael Brown Ferguson, Mo...

No one would dare call Azealia Banks shy. The rapper, whose Broke With Expensive Taste was finally released late last year, has spent the last several months embroiled in feuds with other artists, often centered on the roles of race and gender in music and culture...

Much like he and producer Ryan Lewis' 2012 album, The Heist, Macklemore's race and the discussion thereof has become inescapable. From regional underground artist to NPR curiosity to the Grammys, the Seattle populist has been picked up and dissected by most Americans concerned with popular culture...

Pusha T is conflicted. Earlier this week, while backstage at his Adidas launch party in SoHo (carp-scaled shoes; the sportswear giant didn't go for the national soccer jerseys adorned with cartel names) Push reflected on the day's events...

D'Angelo's Black Messiah was released late Sunday night (Dec. 14) to rave reviews; it was the first studio-quality music from the renowned singer in nearly 15 years. According to The New York Times, you weren't the only one who hadn't heard the third D'Angelo LP until Sunday—neither had his label executives. F...

600,000 people rallied for justice on Dec. 13th #blacklivesmatter — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 16, 2014 One of hip-hop's favorite pastimes is complaining that rappers preach too much. Then, when a political crisis arises, with it comes a great moral panic——are our rappers saying too little? Do they even car...

There is a mutiny in Shaolin. Though the sixth (and likely final) Wu-Tang album, A Better Tomorrow, was released earlier this month, you can't find it on the Twitter feeds of the group's three most visible members. Method Man, Ghostface, and Raekwon have all abstained from the promotional cycle...

Update (Dec. 10 6:10 p.m.): Turns out Run The Jewels member Killer Mike isn't really going on a college tour to speak to today's youth about our controversial society. In fact, according to Spin he doesn't even have a partnership with Gotham Artists. The...