CU’s Residential Academic Programs (RAPs) are elective programs in which students live together in a residence hall, share common academic interests, participate in specially tailored small first-year ...

An exploration of how live performance in hip-hop is continuously used as a point of inspiration or selling point for various forms of recordings, such as film.

Ensure that students understand the academic standards for success at CU Boulder and familiarize them with the curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities related to their interests.

Opening statements for the trial of Young Thug and Young Stoner Life Records (YSL) began on Nov. 27, over a year and a half after Young Thug’s May 2022 Georgia indictment. The prosecution alleges that ...

“We’re culture workers. Right now, especially, we’re at war.” I’m talking to Rory Allen Phillip Ferreira on May 20, five days before George Floyd is murdered by the Minneapolis police, an event that ...

The closest the U.S. Supreme Court has come to assessing whether rap lyrics can be used in prosecutions was in a case where it looked at whether they were a “true threat” that made someone believe ...

Welcome to Pass the Aux, where KQED Arts & Culture brings you our favorite new tracks by Bay Area artists. Check out past entries and submit a song for future coverage here. Last month, Oakland’s ...

Explore the rich history of battle rap and the birth of the Ultimate Rap League (URL). Explore the rich history of battle rap and the birth of the Ultimate Rap League (URL). Smack White, the founder ...

Bay Area representative Symba said his freestyles would never have gone viral if not for battle rappers like Tsu Surf, Murda Mook and DNA. Battle rap fan Symba said he would never have received viral ...

Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap albums of all time.