Los Angeles Times

Fifty years later, hip-hop is still influencing California politics

SACRAMENTO — When Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) thinks about hip-hop’s influence, he remembers all the wrongdoings artists illuminated throughout history. Even as hip-hop turns 50, the music is ...
New York Post

De La Soul rap icon dead: Hip-hop pioneer Trugoy the Dove was 54

David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur, a groundbreaking member of the hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54. His passing was confirmed by his management team, All Hip-Hop first reported.
Capital Public Radio

R&B, new soul and hip-hop festival Sol Blume returns to Sacramento for a fourth year

After welcoming around 40,000 attendees to Discovery Park in Sacramento last year, R&B, new soul and hip-hop music festival Sol Blume will return to Sacramento for a fourth year on April 29 and 30. An ...
Rolling Stone

If You Need AI to Hear the ‘Soul’ in Rap, You Were Never Listening

Generative artificial intelligence is seeping deeper into our cultural fabric by the day. In just two years, AI videos of Will Smith eating spaghetti have evolved from poorly developed nightmare fuel ...