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Wu Tang Clan’s GZA Teaching Science in NYC Schools

by Jorge Rivas on April 1 2013, 11:40AM

The goal: to use the students love of music to help them discover science “one rhyme at a time.”

Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

Rick Ross Says That You Totally Don’t Get His Lyrics

by Jorge Rivas on March 29 2013, 10:26AM

Because, you know, he didn’t actually say the word “rape.”

Topics: Media, /NOW Blog

Hundreds Sign Petition Asking Rick Ross to Apologize for Rape Lyric

by Jamilah King on March 27 2013, 4:37PM

Rape isn’t a punchline.

Topics: /NOW Blog

Meet (and Mourn) Wan Joon Kim, an Unlikely Godfather of Gangsta Rap

by Jamilah King on March 18 2013, 4:38PM

You can thank him for all those underground bootlegs you got in the ’90s.

Topics: /NOW Blog

Hip-Hop Legend Afrika Bambaataa Begins Lecturing at Cornell

by Jorge Rivas on November 27 2012, 11:59AM

Bambaataa joins a list of other Hip-hop pioneers who have recently become visiting scholars at Ivy League institutions.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

Rapper Jasiri X’s New Video Calls Out This Election’s Silence on Poverty

by Jorge Rivas on October 30 2012, 1:49PM

Pittsburgh rapper Jasiri X new music video for the song “Don’t Forget About The Hood” looks at how issues about the poor and those living in poverty have been “forgotten” this election season.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Politics

Nicki Minaj Raps: ‘I’m a Republican Voting for Mitt Romney’ on Mix Tape

by Jorge Rivas on September 4 2012, 11:00AM

Is Nicki Minaj endorsing for Mitt Romney?

Topics: /NOW Blog, Politics

Texas Rapper: Number One Thing A Rapper Shouldn’t Say, ‘Gay is Okay’

by Jorge Rivas on May 3 2012, 1:45PM

Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, the Latino rapper wants gay youth to know that “It doesn’t just get better, it gets awesome, homie.”

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

Ice-T’s ‘Art of Rap’ Documentary Finds Distributor and Summer Theatrical Release

by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2012, 11:17AM

The Indomina Group has acquired worldwide rights to Ice-T’s documentary “Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap,” the company said Sunday. The movie is expected to have a summer theatrical release. “The Art of Rap is a perfect fit for…

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog, Sundance

Director Ice-T Interviews 54 Rappers in ‘Art of Rap’ Documentary [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 25 2012, 12:36PM

The rapper/actor interviewed MCs like Immortal Technique, Raekwon and Chuck D about their lyrical styles and the cultural importance of hip-hop music for his new documentary ‘Art of Rap.’

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog, Sundance

Lil’ B Releases Song Called ‘I Got AIDS’ to Raise Awareness

by Jorge Rivas on November 15 2011, 12:15PM

Berkeley’s Lil’ B is at again. This time he’s released a song encouraging fans to get tested for HIV.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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