Before Al Kapone's first gangsta-walk down the red carpet -- before his homespun Memphis hip-hop boomed from obscurity into a marquee role in "Hustle & Flow" -- the rapper maintained a decidedly ...

You hear it in contemporary pop songs like Missy Elliott’s “Work It” and Iconz’s “Get Crunked Up.” You see it in modern dance steps: the swirling movement of the torso, the stomping of the feet. It’s ...