As Hip-Hop Turns 50, Icons From Across the State Reflect on How the Genre Took Shape in North Carolina—And Changed Everything - INDY Week

North Carolina's landmark contributions to hip-hop are often overlooked. But the Tar Heel state's producers, rappers, DJs, and curators have a different story to tell.

Hip-hop at 50: Its global impact has surpassed that of rock 'n' roll a generation earlier, Features

50 years of hip hop: Hip-Hop celebrates 50 years: Exploring the genre's evolution, impact & cultural legacy - The Economic Times

The Women of Pop Are Imagining Life Without Fame - The New York Times

The Women of Pop Are Imagining Life Without Fame - The New York Times

GRAMMY Foundation, MusiCares Elect New Board Members

KT Tunstall: Songwriting Joy With 'KIN,' Working With James Bay

Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way - Goldstream News Gazette

Nearly a Quarter of All Streams on Spotify Are Hip-Hop. Spotify's Global Editors Reflect on the Genre's Growth — Spotify

Bartees Strange Belongs to a Genre of One - The New York Times

Southern Hip-Hop Feminists Got Something to Say: The Ms. Q&A on Hip-Hop's Reverse Migration - Ms. Magazine