Preface: A note on language: Black English and uncensored media -- Introduction: Can we live and be modern and Indigenous?: Toward an Indigenous hip hop culture -- #notyourmascot: Indigenous hip hop ...

In the wake of the recent war between the FARC, the military and para-military forces, the current administration is attempting to distance Colombia from its recent war-torn history. At the same time, ...

Lincoln Iona Malek Andrew, professionally known as Link City, an indigenous Maori from New Zealand, has defied the odds to create a unique legacy at the intersection of music, business, and culture.

Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short. Although they produced and performed at a concert called “First Beats: Indigenous ...

A Guatemalan artist dips her brush into crimson red paint, the color of the rising sun in Maya tradition, as she paints a mural as big as two parked cars. A 26-year-old rapper from Bolivia brings his ...

A cadre of Alaska musicians is performing in Iceland this weekend, with the hopes of developing a cultural trade route throughout the circumpolar north. Psych-rock trio SunDog, Afro-Indigenous hip-hop ...

In a world where mainstream music is often detached from politics or cultural identity, artists like Xiuhtezcatl Martínez offer a powerful alternative. A hip-hop singer/songwriter with Mexica — an ...

A Nigerian literary researcher, Adefunke Eruobodo, has dismissed long-held perceptions that the Nigerian hip hop music genre is anti-intellectual, raw, loud, unserious, and mere noise, insisting that ...

Tucson’s hip-hop scene is growing, and the main players know that it’s not just about the music. Hip-hop is a community for wanderers, inspiration for struggling youth and a mouthpiece of social ...