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**FILE** Greg Tate (Joe Mabel via Wikimedia Commons)

Greg Tate, ‘Godfather of Hip-Hop Journalism,’ Dies at 64

by Stacy M. Brown December 7, 2021

Greg Tate, musician, music and culture writer and the renowned “godfather” of hip-hop journalism, has died at 64.

Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival remains headline news after nine people died. (Courtesy of Grand Hustle Records, Epic Records and Cactus Jack Records)

The Astroworld Debate: Are Race and Hip-Hop Being Scapegoated?

by Stacy M. Brown November 17, 2021December 21, 2021

Lifestyle, Stacy M. Brown

Groundbreaking Scheduled for Universal Hip Hop Museum

by Stacy M. Brown December 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Chuck D (Courtesy photo)

Lifestyle, Stacy M. Brown

Former Radio Personality Creates Social Media App for African Americans

by WI Guest Author May 1, 2020December 21, 2021

**FILE** Chuck D (left) and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy performs at the Vegoose music festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 27, 2007. (Brett Corkill via Wikimedia Commons)

Public Enemy Kicks Out Flavor Flav Over Sanders Spat

by WI Guest Author March 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Chuck D

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Stacy M. Brown

Chuck D Talks State of Black America, Obama’s Legacy and the Black Press

by WI Guest Author June 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Run-DMC

Smithsonian Launches Campaign to Produce Hip-Hop Anthology

by WI Guest Author October 17, 2017October 31, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

Business, William Reed

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Are You Willing to Boycott the NFL for Kap?

by William Reed September 6, 2017October 31, 2020

Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion, Raynard Jackson

Hip-Hop Culture Is the Monster that the Black Community Created

by Raynard Jackson July 12, 2016October 30, 2020

Celebrating What Makes Hip Hop Unique

by NNPAFreddie November 26, 2013October 30, 2020