About 60 students took out their ear buds and learned from the artists on their playlists firsthand about the unique connection between music and the Islamic religion at an event at Rackham ...

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, a wave of commercial hip-hop artists, like Public Enemy, Poor Righteous Teachers, Brand Nubian, Eric B. & Rakim, Paris, Gang Starr, Ice Cube and MC Ren, used their ...

Music is universal, so it probably shouldn't be surprising that an increasing number of Muslim young people--especially those growing up in the cultural mixing bowls of Europe--are listening to and ...

PBS is airing a documentary called "New Muslim Cool" tonight, an inside look at the merging of hip hop and Islam in the U.S.Here's The Root's take on it: Real hip-hop heads know that Islam and hip-hop ...

Since its birth in the ‘70s, hip-hop has become a global phenomenon and cross-cultural unifier. Countless artists like the members of Native Deen, a D.C.-area trio, have harnessed the power of the ...

The “King Of Crunk” decided to get serious about his health after a friend’s surgery. 3 hours ago Guided by figures such as Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, as well as the influence of Islam on jazz and ...

When the Muslim hip-hop group Blakstone drive their van out onto London’s streets to sell their album, it gets noticed. The black Mercedes is embossed with Islamic calligraphy and an image of a boy ...

Mother. Rapper. Activist. Writer. Daughter of Destiny. Yonasda Lonewolf is all of these things and more. Being born the only girl during a historic time in the Civil Rights struggle for indigneous ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

From Afrika Bambaataa to Public Enemy and beyond, hip-hop has long been a culture to which young urban Muslims around the world can relate. Hisham Aidi's new book is a sort of musical tour around the ...

When David Kelly — aka “Capital D” — raps, he doesn’t follow the mainstream mantra of women, cars and jewelry. Instead, the Chicago rapper uses his rhymes to dish out praise for Allah, criticize the ...

Introduction. Anthem of a Generation -- Songs Rather Than Screams -- Something That Is Ours ... and Still Authentically Islam -- It is...a Problem of Human Rights -- She Reppin' Islam and She Gives It ...