Hip-Hop Culture

Playbill: RJD2

Slideshow: Listening Party for Bun B's II Trill

Last Night: Service Industry Party at the Drake

Cyber Phantom

DJ Spooky is a friendly digital ghost, unless you happen to be Tricky

Rapumentary

DJ Spooky is a friendly digital ghost, unless you happen to be Tricky

Suchu's Smart

DJ Spooky is a friendly digital ghost, unless you happen to be Tricky

Overseas Transmission

Hip-hop's origins in a German synthesizer?

Mix Master Mike

A different kind of groove

Best Battle DJ

Fast4ward

Benefit for DJ Comp 1

The Nightfly learns a lesson in solidarity

Best Graffiti Artist

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Planet B-Boy

Director Benson Lee takes viewers on a mission to find the best breakdancers in the world

Meat Beat Manifesto, and Badawi

Director Benson Lee takes viewers on a mission to find the best breakdancers in the world

Kairu

Sol y Luna Dance mix hip-hop, ballet and martial arts to tell the story of a hero who faces down evil

Winter Formal

Local dance troupes krump it up with a program of hip-hop performances

Cuervo, Cuervo

CD Review

Shaolin Warriors

Kick it up a notch with these Chinese monks

DJ Screwfest

Kick it up a notch with these Chinese monks

Kid Koala

Kid Koala spins 8 p.m. Saturday, July 28, in MFAH's Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main, 713-639-7300. $15 nonmembers; $10 students with ID. Eighteen and up.

Goodie Mob

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Koch)

These Are the Breaks

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Koch)

Beat Kings

Beat Kings: The History of Hip Hop

Honor Bound

A fictional look at the future of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Basquiat, Beats and Beans

"Beats of Basquiat"

Dance, Dance, Revolution

Hip-hop, clowns and war dances meet on the street in Rize

Tasty Samples

The H-Town Throw Down's menu boasts a mad mix o' music

Fresh Produce

With underground hip-hop or mass-appeal club records, RJD2 is a stickler for details

Murs

Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (Def Jux)

Cee-Lo

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine (Arista)

Big Steps

Moy Rivas used break dancing to go around the world. Question is, Where does he go next?

Best Local Cable TV Personalities

Dez and Van of TakeOver TV

Best Comedian

Chingo Bling

Best Hip-hop Concerts

The Engine Room

Ties That Bind

Artist Sanford Biggers creates a fascinating common ground

Frost, with Angelina and NB Ridaz

Sunday, July 14

Clubland

Sunday, July 14

Representa! Theater for the Hip-Hop Generation

Web exclusive!

Atmosphere

Web exclusive!

The Legend of Yin and Yang

A lavish spectacle incorporates a mix of traditions and disciplines

LehrerDance

You won't find any jazz hands here

Arizona Rapper G-MOE On His State's Immigrant Law

In case you're wondering, "reggie" means weed​From our sister blog Rocks Off, in case you missed it:Everyone is talking about the controversy surrounding Arizona's SB 1070, and Rocks Off was curious to take the temperature of the Grand Canyon State's hip-hop community.So RO got in contact with our ... More >>

Homecoming

Gang Starr's DJ Premier still mourns partner Guru.

Free Radicals Blend Break-Dancing, Capoeira Into Fitz's Show

​The Free Radicals remain an institution of incredible sound here in H-town, having amassed 13 Houston Press Music Awards in the realms of jazz and funk since their inception in 1996, as well as making a name for themselves as one of the city's most prolific protest bands. So when founder Nick ... More >>

Professor Trill

Bun B examines hip hop and religion in his Rice U course

French Beatbox Master Spits American Hip-Hop History in Four Minutes

​Damn the French. After seeing French rapper and human beat box, Eklips, deliver America's hip-hop history in a little over four minutes through a beautifully executed tirade of amazing vocal percussion and imitation of musical sounds, it reminded Rocks Off of the 2006 movie Talladega Nights ... More >>

Childish Gambino

​Damn the French. After seeing French rapper and human beat box, Eklips, deliver America's hip-hop history in a little over four minutes through a beautifully executed tirade of amazing vocal percussion and imitation of musical sounds, it reminded Rocks Off of the 2006 movie Talladega Nights ... More >>

Childish Gambino

​Damn the French. After seeing French rapper and human beat box, Eklips, deliver America's hip-hop history in a little over four minutes through a beautifully executed tirade of amazing vocal percussion and imitation of musical sounds, it reminded Rocks Off of the 2006 movie Talladega Nights ... More >>