Rap

In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted. As someone who studies hip-hop and how it shapes and is shaped by society and culture, I don’t…

A mic, a phone camera and a way with words is all it takes to be a rapper today. This simple reality has thrown open the playing field, to anyone with a sense of urgency about their message. In India, young voices are rapping about…

Across India, musicians are using hip-hop to say, “This is us”; “Stop and reconsider”; “Join our cause”. In the US, the original home of this subculture, rap started out subversive, then went mainstream and softened its edges,…

Amid the blight, these kids have gathered to party. The host’s brother, a Jamaican-born New Yorker who goes by DJ Kool Herc, is spinning records behind the decks, pumping reggae, funk and soul out of a massive stack of speakers. He’s been…

The Current12:34San Diego Zoo’s rat ambassador aims to give the rodents a rebrandRead transcribed audioYou should clap — not shriek — when you see a rat, according to wildlife care specialist Cari Inserra. While the creatures are most…

Some of the state's well-known rap artists are in trouble after being caught in a crossfire between the Maharashtra government and the Nationalist Congress Party, Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav) alliance. It all started with a rapper, Raj…

Thanks to “Every Breath You Take,” Diddy is paying Sting every day he wakes — generously.Rapper and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs confirmed that he’s been sending the English rocker thousands of dollars daily for sampling the Police’s…

The 18th Century Gobindgarh fort in Amritsar is an unlikely venue for a headbanging concert. Much less at the Sacred Amritsar music and poetry festival, where the evening acts typically cover Kabir couplets and renditions of devotional…

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Popular rapper MC Stan recalled his journey in the music industry and how he made his name in showbiz.Hailing from Pune, Maharashtra, music became his first love after listening to Qawwali played at his home and he dropped his first single…