Digable Planets is one of the most influential and intellectual rap groups to come out of the ’90s. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Digable Planets Grammy-winning rap trio Digable Planets will play San ...

It’s no secret that the world of rap music has endured more than its fair share of tragedy over the years. Like the psychedelic rockers in the late 60s or the grunge stars in the mid-90s, rap has lost ...

While rap music was born in the 1970s with groups like The Sugarhill Gang, it was codified in the 1980s with outfits like Run-DMC. But it was the 1990s when everything fell into place and the genre ...

If you’re not a huge hip hop oldhead, it’s easy to overlook a lot of new releases from 90s rap groups these days. Most think that their music usually sounds pretty dated, and that many once ferocious ...

As far as late-’90s and early-2000s black cinema goes, Brown Sugar is probably my favorite movie. The Wood is as close a second as you can get, much in the way that Reasonable Doubt is my favorite Jay ...

From now until the middle of October, it’s National Hispanic Heritage Month. Now, before we continue, let’s have a quick lesson: although used interchangeably, Hispanic and Latino have different ...