HipHop

Nova Scotia

Exhibit highlights decades of hip-hop created in Atlantic Canada

Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit — these are the cities most people associate with the hip-hop scene. But Michael McGuire is on…

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Business

Toronto Black Film Festival: Pam Grier on her love of hip-hop

Many know Pam Grier blazed a trail for female action heroes, but not everyone knows about her affinity for Canadian…

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Entertainment

Director X talks Drake, Kardinal Offishall and how far Canadian hip-hop has come

Director X, a.k.a. Julien Lutz, has played a major role in shaping Canadian hip-hop over the years. As much as it’s…

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Entertainment

The Fugees’ Pras on his hip-hop legacy

LOS ANGELES – It’s Sunday night, backstage ahead of the second Los Angeles show of Lauryn Hill and the Fugees’…

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Nova Scotia

Metal and pop merge in Lxvndr’s bold, genre-bending hip-hop

When Lxvndr thinks about the theme she steers most toward in her songwriting, it’s one short word: death. The Nova…

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Entertainment

With the birth of hip-hop, I found a fashion and cultural identity I could call my own

This First Person piece was written by Duke Eatmon, a music columnist in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First…

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Business

Fall music releases: Pop, country classics, hip-hop heavyweights and beyond

Music fans, it is time to bid adieu to the sunny, slow summer months, and welcome fall — historically, one…

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Entertainment

Kamala Harris says hip-hop is ‘the ultimate American art form’

WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday hosted a celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with appearances by some of…

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Business

Grammy Museum to launch 50 years of hip-hop exhibit

LOS ANGELES – The Grammy Museum announced Thursday that it is launching the “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit”, celebrating 50…

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Entertainment

Meet the young hip-hop stars blazing new paths in Canada’s scene

This week, hip-hop turned 50, and as artists across North America and abroad celebrate the decades of work it took…

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