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For hip-hop's not-official-but-kind-of-official 50th birthday, we dig into its many contradictions. From the legend of the South Bronx block party where hip-hop was born to the multi-billion-dollar global industry and tool for U.S. diplomacy it has become, America's relationship with hip-hop — and the people who make it — is complicated.
Three men are charged with assault after a riverfront brawl in Montgomery, Ala. And, Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg starts a PAC to support young Democratic leaders.
The museum is facing heated critique on social media over the appointment of Amanda Maples, a white woman, to oversee its African art collection
Malene Djenaba Barnett is a multidisciplinary artist and the founder of Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG).
Hari Kondabolu will be headlining at the Taft Theatre June 9.