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Critically-acclaimed hip-hop artist Dope Saint Jude performs at the Cape Town Jazz Festival, April 2017.

Planet Hip Hop: The World celebrates 50 years of hip-hop around the globe

Planet Hip Hop

Hip-hop turns 50 this summer, and its influence has been felt in all corners of the globe. From the streets of the Bronx to a revolution in Beirut, from anti-apartheid messages in Cape Town to graffiti in Cairo. Throughout the summer, we will be exploring Planet Hip Hop.

A selection of gospel records and album covers from the 1960s and '70s. Many gospel artists of this era used the B-sides of their 45s for civil rights anthems.

How the forgotten music of the civil rights movement was hiding in plain sight

Music
Ofer Portugaly on piano, and his wife Iris (standing next to him), started an Israeli gospel choir in 1999 after a trip to Nigeria. Here, they appear with part of their 15-member ensemble on Israeli TV.

A gospel choir in Israel? Why not?

Arts
South African artist Spoek Mathambo performs in 2011.

Want to find the best Afropop? It’s on Soundcloud — not an album

Music

Darcy James Argue’s ‘Brooklyn Babylon’ almost never was

Arts, Culture & Media

Waga Hip-Hop Festival in Africa

Arts, Culture & Media

The 8th annual Waga Hip-Hop festival is under way in West Africa and the focus this year is on African female rappers.

Hip Hop for the environment

Arts, Culture & Media

A burgeoning movement of green hip hop is earning high praise from activists and hip hop fans.

The World

Colombian Gypsy Swing from Monsieur Periné

Arts, Culture & Media

Reporter Marlon Bishop reports on gypsy jazz from Bogota by the band Monsieur Periné.

Georgian Jazz Piano Prodigy Beka Gochiashvili

Arts, Culture & Media

Beka Gochiashvili is a 17-year-old jazz piano player living in New York. Born in Tblisi, Georgia in 1996, Gochiashvili is currently a student at The Juilliard School in Manhattan. But that doesn’t stop him from playing and recording with some of the biggest names in American jazz, including Chick Corea and the bassist Stanley Clarke. In the video […]

Latino Neighborhoods: Improving Health Through Ethnic Pride?

Conflict & Justice

Latino Americans, especially those who live in Latino neighborhoods, often outlive members of other ethnic groups of the same, or higher, socioeconomic status. Audrey Quinn explains this health phenomenon sometimes called the “barrio advantage.”