hip hop

A breakdown of the legal standards of sentencing a juvenile to life without a chance of parole in the Oxford High School shooter's hearing, and a Detroit artist who reshaped hip hop.

On today's show, Craig Mauger of The Detroit News discussed recent investigations into post 2020 election tampering, and author Dan Charnas explained his recent book on the life of legendary Detroit hip hop producer J Dilla.

Miz Korona's artistry extends from before her scene in 8 Mile through almost three decades of international touring, teaching, photography, fashion design, and beat production. Today, she’s getting ready to release a new EP: The Healer and the Heartbreaker.

Two separate lawsuits seeking to protect abortion rights have been filed in Michigan courts — one by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the other by Planned Parenthood. We talked about the legal argument they make.

"What up doe?" If you’ve heard the term before, you probably know it as a greeting or maybe even a question. But for many Black Detroiters, the phrase is a piece of home. Today, we'll talk about the history of "what up doe" and what it means to its originators.

James Dewitt Yancy, better known as J Dilla, showed the world in his brief life that the city’s best musical days are not in the past, but still ahead. The groundbreaking hip-hop producer died in 2006, but his musical legacy lives on. On today's episode, a conversation with journalist Dan Charnas, whose book about J Dilla's massive influence on American music was published this month.

Analyzing a shift in the Republican Party's rhetoric over recent years. Dan Charnas archives the life and work of Detroit's revolutionary hip hop producer J Dilla in a new biography, Dilla Time.

As part of Michigan Radio’s Songs from Studio East series, this year we are exploring music that combines both contemporary and traditional music from…

You don't hear a lot of hot, danceable tracks about gentrification.But Detroit emcee/slam poet/teacher Mic Write writes ear worms about the city’s…

Linda Tellis is known as Lady Ace Boogie in west Michigan’s hip hop scene. She is a community activist and is trying to change what she calls the “broken”…