There’s no modern musical genre with the same socially divisive power as hip hop. Parents bemoan Lil’ Wayne and Chris Brown for an inappropriate message or behavior and teenagers rebel in turn and buy ...

When Deandre Dreamer stood on Union Labor Park's field Monday, he saw the prospect of what it could become. Waving his finger like a baton, the Des Moines musician mapped out what the lot on the ...

A lineup of legendary West Coast hip-hop artists will perform at the Iowa Event Center for the “Kings of the West” concert on Friday, July 11. Bobby Dee & Wynn ...

This past weekend marked the 10-year anniversary of Chance The Rapper‘s second mixtape, Acid Rap. The mixtape marked a breakthrough for Chance and is often attributed to pioneering a brand of Midwest ...

Shafer teams up with Wave Chapelle for the high-energy single “SATELLITE,” a fast-paced banger that’s already making waves.

The era of hip-hop reunions is officially in full swing, and one of the Midwest’s most important collectives may be next. During a surprise moment at his annual Black & White Ball, Nelly revealed that ...

Idris Goodwin’s “How We Got On,” directed by Jacqueline Thompson, will be staged April 7-10 at the Blanche Touhill Performing Arts Center on the UMSL campus. It makes perfect sense that playwright ...

The Midwest hip-hop and R&B music scene will have some more muscle behind it this year with the entrance of the newest radio show, “Traffic Crew,” on the Dash Radio app (www.dashradio.com), on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleveland, Ohio, may not always get the credit it deserves in Hip Hop history, but the city has birthed some of the game’s most ...