To Make Your Own Justice: America 25 Years After Rodney King
In 1991, the rest of the world found out what black Los Angeles already knew
In 1991, the rest of the world found out what black Los Angeles already knew
Tracing the roots of cowboy music
Going back to Berkeley with hip-hop's James Dean
The hip-hop pioneers' new album is the work of grown, unhurried artists
The producer's new album weaves smooth 1970s and 1980s samples into perfect grooves.
A new documentary on the teen band Unlocking the Truth reveals their struggles with the music industry.
Life and death are in a delicate balance in the Chicago poet and rapper's debut mixtape
From "Rappin' Rodney" to G-Eazy and beyond.
An underappreciated singer showcases her emotional range
Remembering the vastly influential P-Funk keyboardist, who died on Friday at age 74.
A way to make all those thoughts and prayers actually change something.
What's lost when white singers cop a dialect that's not their own.
Carvell Wallace examines Sonic Youth's space in 1986
Carvell Wallace on the songs that return him to love.
Twenty-two years after her debut single, a singular legacy shines on
A freewheeling Afro-futurist jazz collective faces down 2016.
It’s too soon to talk about Prince in the past tense. He created something so permanent and beyond that we will never be able to fully get rid of it.
Carvell Wallace on the racial dimension of the global phenomenon of 'Sorry'
The plight and the power of the St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church of San Francisco
Whenever an 18-year-old picks up a microphone, there exists the potential for magic.
Peace to Bankroll Fresh, the Atlanta rapper who was shot and killed last weekend.
Carvell Wallace on blackness in real time.
Carvell Wallace on black women who have shaped rock and blues.