Hip-hop has always thrived on cultural exchange, and in 2025, that spirit is more alive than ever. Borders that once separated musical traditions are dissolving in the face of global connectivity.

Today, the culture salutes one of Hip Hop’s most powerful and influential voices, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known to the world as Chuck D. The legendary frontman of Public Enemy turns 65 today ...

Hip-hop has impacted everything: Art, culture, fashion, community, social justice, politics, sports, business. This year is being marked as a 50th anniversary ...

Elsewhere in the city’s soundscape, Lil Jon (Jonathon Smith), hip-hop artist/producer and the “King of Crunk,” used to spin dancehall records on WRFG 89.3, a community-based radio station.